From: Ralf M. <ral...@al...> - 2009-08-15 21:38:19
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Robin wrote: > 2009/8/14 Ralf Mardorf <ral...@al...>: > >> I suspect it will be a PITA to set X for e17 sessions It wasn't, but it was incommodious to do it, now GDM and all WMs/ DEs are using the same wanted resolution. Running e17 I launched 'sudo displayconfig-gtk' and edited the wanted settings, then I logged out and the settings become broken. I started a GNOME session, the settings were still broken. Running 'sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf' and for three lines changing only the broken resolution, to the wanted resolution, did the trick. There were 3 lines with wrong data, 'modeline', 'Virtual' and 'Modes'. The problem is, that Ubuntu's xorg.conf doesn't look by default like a common xorg.conf and after a reconfiguration by 'displayconfig-gtk' it only will be fine for one session, for following sessions the settings will be broken and can't be set by 'displayconfig-gtk' any more. >> I'm missing the flashy environment I know from the past, at the >> moment it's odd. I found themes at http://exchange.enlightenment.org/theme, but had no time to install a new theme. > For the E17 desktop go to Settings - Settings Panel, maximise the > resulting window. Look for Files, select File Manager and click on > Behaviour tab, adjust to your liking, then select Hal tab and do the > same. > Thank you Robin :) in addition to installing and then launching by user 'gconf-editor', by apps > nautilus > desktop unchecking 'volumes visible' by a GNOME session, I did what you mentioned. Then I run a GNOME session again and as user 'rm ~/Desktop/*' to delete an invalid 'HOME' link, a going '/tmp' link and a going '/' link. Everything is fine now, as soon as possible I'll set up my e17 SVN installation. Cheers, Ralf |