Hello Mike. Try the gnome-help facility. Prss alt-f2, which opens a run dialog, then type gnome-help. You cantab, shift-tab, through the topics, then press enter on the one you want. The Gnome Desktop in wheezy is blank. That is, there are no icons. If you'd rather have a desktop with icons, go in to the run dialog, and tab to the installed applications button. Press space to check it, then tab to the applications list. Select the application preferences app, and then tab through the desktop tab, and check the buttons for the icons you want to appear. Be sure to check the "use file manager to manage desktop" button. When you are done, press enter on the ok button. If you want other icons other than the ones listed in the applications preferences dialog, launch gnome-terminal from the run dialog, and cd to the Desktop directory in your home directory. use the ln -s command to create symbolic links to what ever else you would like to appear on your desktop. Close gnome-terminal with alt-f4, and examine your desktop with your arow keys. Provided you have checked the "use file manager to manage desktop" button in the desktop tab of the applications preferences app, all the icons for things you have selected in the applications preferences app, plus all the symbolic links you have created in your home/desktop directorywill appear on your desktop, just like they did in gnome 2.30. You can control-alt-tab from the desktop to get at the top and bottom pannels on the desktop. When you are on one of the pannels, you can use the left and right arrows to move through options on the pannels. Use the up and down arrows to move trough submenus under the options. Control-f10 will let you select more applets to be added to the pannels, just like in gnome 2.30. Under the user menu on the top pannel, you will find a system preferences choice that you can use to set system preferences. Hope this helps. Gene Collins _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
