Re: 2 Problems

[Ben FrantzDale <bfrantzdale hmc edu>]

On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 23:22, Bhattacharya, Soubhik wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm using Gnome with Redhat 7.2 on a Dell PC having P-III. There are two 
> things about my Gnome that are disturbing me--

What version of Gnome are you using?

--Ben

> 1) i can't use mouse to paste text. i do select and copy text using 
> mouse. but to paste it have to use `shift-insert' key combination.

That's not right. Is this only within gnome programs, or even for things
like xterm or mozilla?

> 2) when i maximize a window, it doesn't automatically get the focus. i 
> have to explicitly click on the window to bring it in focus. this is 
> *very* counter-intuitive.

That doesn't make sense either. What window manager are you using?


--Ben

> if these are bugs, then are any fixes available? or, some new version of 
> Gnome known not to have these problems? better still, is it possible to 
> get around the problems by changing some configuration?
> 
> Regards,
> Soubhik.