[lug] Gnome hidden panel

[David Lewis]

----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Stimits" <stimits at idcomm.com>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [lug] Gnome hidden panel


> David Lewis wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "D. Stimits" <stimits at idcomm.com>
> > To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 7:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: [lug] Gnome hidden panel
> >
> > > > David Lewis wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am a newbie to your user group. I had a question and got hold of
> > > > your group through the Computer Edge. I installed rehat 7.0 and win
> > > > me  on my 586 pc. Whole working in linux I hid the panel in Gnome
and
> > > > don't know how to make it visible again. Can anyone help me??
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > David B Lewis
> > > > dbl at db-enterprises.com
> > > > http://www.db-enterprises.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > I think the same panel you are talking about can be reached with a
right
> > > click on the desktop, and choose "Configure Background Image". If this
> > > isn't the one, post here again.
> > >
> > > D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
> > >
> > I tried startx it use to bring up Gnome with no panel. this time  the
msgs
> > were
> >   .Xclients: exec:
> > no such file or directory
> > waiting for Xserver to shutdown
> >
> > I am not sure why startx did not start Gnome this time. I have been
doing
> > redhat linux 7 getting started guide
> > Chapters 16 and 17.
> >
> > David <dbl at db-enterprises.com>
> >
>
> There should be a file for RH 7 "Xclients" at /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients;
> if it finds that, it should be enough. Generally the .Xclients would be
> a per-user file placed in the home directory, and overriding the
> system-wide Xclients. Though I notice there are also versions roughly
> per window manager in /usr/share/apps/switchdesk/, e.g., Xclients.gnome.
> Do you have the Xclients.gnome (and maybe Xclients.toplevel) there?
> Also, it would find one missing if it didn't have permission to read it.
> If you are running startx other than root, use that non-root user and cd
> to /etc/X11/xinit/, see if you can "cat Xclients"; same for
> /usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.gnome and Xclients.toplevel.
>
> FYI, there are a lot of configuration programs that simply overwrite
> config files. Especially upon installation of new software. The
> /etc/X11/XF86Config file is notorious for getting its font path and some
> other parameters replaced while changing something entirely different.
>
>

 I checked all the files mentioned. I found all files except
.Xclients-default that is why startx isn't working. Can I put it back?

David
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