Re: Please help! Background, key, mouse properties don't work (also, menu editing)

[edhill photon sph unc edu]

Hi folks,

Ok, to clarify my situation, i'm having similar problems.  For me, the 
keyboard- and mouse-properties programs seem to work, but
background-properties doesn't--it hangs just as Preston describes...

In addition, i can access and change the mouse and keyboard settings 
within the "Gnome control center" but there are no other settings
entries--no place for me to view/change backgrounds.  It seems to make 
no difference so i commented-out all the *-properties programs from my
~/.xinitrc file...

Can anyone provide the skinny on the *-properties situation?

Many thanks from a new Gnome user and fan!!!

Ed


On  3 Oct, Preston Landers wrote:
>  Hello everyone,
>  
>  I'm sure this qualifies as a Frequently Asked Question, but I haven't
>  seen an answer yet on this list or the Gnome pages, or through a
>  Dejanews search.
>  
>  When I try to run background-properties, or keyboard- or
>  mouse-properties, I get this message:
>  
>  Gdk-Message:
>  ** ERROR **: sigpipe caught.
>  
>  When I kill the process, it prints a sigterm message.  Of course,
>  background properties doesn't work, and selecting it in the Gnome menu
>  doesn't do anything.  If I leave it running, it will soon consume all
>  availible processor time.  
>  
>  Any idea on what I can do about this?
>    
>  I am running latest Gnome 0.30 Debian packages.  Some kind of library
>  incompatibility I assume?  Which gdk/gtk library versions should I be
>  using to use the gnome-control-panel package? Basically I installed
>  *every package* in the gnome/debian directory at ftp.gnome.org.  Is this
>  bad?  
>  
>  If anyone could clue me in I would be extremely grateful because I am
>  really at a loss here.
>  
>  Also, I'm having a bit of trouble editing the Gnome menu with the
>  supplied menu-editor.  It won't let me move folders inside of folders,
>  and somehow I have a bunch of KDE apps cluttering up my menu!  Please
>  forgive my blatant unmitigated newbieness.
>  
>  Many thanks,
>  
>  Preston Landers
>  
>  I LOVE DEBIAN and GNOME!
>  
>  

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