Help with upgrading to GNOME 1.4 on Suse 7.2
Hi all, I downloaded the Gnome update RPMs for 7.2 from suse.com in order to run Evolution 1.0. There was a reference to using YAST to load them, but no details. Loading them directly via rpm -Uvh at the command line resulted in the following: 1) The Sawfish capplet could not connect to the control center. 2) Various applets (the taskbar, a clock, etc.) showed up as tiny footprint icons in the panels, even if I removed/readded them. 3) right-click panel->Panel->Global Preferences did nothing at all. 4) All of my Sawfish prefs were lost. I had to completely remove all Gnome-related packages and reinstall them from the CD in order to get my system working again. Where did I go wrong? First-time Suse user, so please be gentle... :-) Regards, -scott
I make directories in /tmp called base, apps and dev. I then download each set of rpms into their directories. I install base then dev then apps. You should use Yast1 to install them..it takes care of running system updates that you may not know how to do. It's a good tool for this. You can go into yast1 as root then into Package Management. You should then go into Install packages. You will see a blue dialog box in the top left corner..you should just hit enter twice until the blue dialog box moves to the right and then you can type the path to the rpms..such as /tmp/base. It will enter this directory and you can use the arrow keys to navigate then use the space bar to tag the rpm's for install. It's pretty simple and once you do it a couple times it will become old hat. I always esc out to the beginning after each group of rpm's are installed so that all the update scripts run then I install the next group. I do this because I'm paranoid that something might get screwed up..it's served me well. Both KDE2 and Gnome run very well. :) Cheers, * Scott Anderson (sanderson@bonddesk.com) [011206 06:37]: ->Hi all, -> ->I downloaded the Gnome update RPMs for 7.2 from suse.com in order to run ->Evolution 1.0. There was a reference to using YAST to load them, but no ->details. -> ->Loading them directly via rpm -Uvh at the command line resulted in the ->following: ->1) The Sawfish capplet could not connect to the control center. ->2) Various applets (the taskbar, a clock, etc.) showed up as tiny ->footprint icons in the panels, even if I removed/readded them. ->3) right-click panel->Panel->Global Preferences did nothing at all. ->4) All of my Sawfish prefs were lost. -> ->I had to completely remove all Gnome-related packages and reinstall them ->from the CD in order to get my system working again. -> -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" -AE
Ah, excellent. Thanks Ben. Have you done this on a fresh Gnome install from the 7.2 CDs up to the current Gnome 1.4 release by chance? And did you find it necessary to remove your personal .gnome Gnome config first? I've had to do that several times with Gnome upgrades... Regards, -scott Ben Rosenberg wrote:
[...] I always esc out to the beginning after each group of rpm's are installed so that all the update scripts run then I install the next group. I do this because I'm paranoid that something might get screwed up..it's served me well. Both KDE2 and Gnome run very well. :)
* Scott Anderson (sanderson@bonddesk.com) [011206 11:08]: ->Ah, excellent. Thanks Ben. -> ->Have you done this on a fresh Gnome install from the 7.2 CDs up to the ->current Gnome 1.4 release by chance? -> ->And did you find it necessary to remove your personal .gnome Gnome config ->first? I've had to do that several times with Gnome upgrades... -> I'm not sure how your mileage on your gnome config directories will go. I removed mine right before installing the update that was posted a few days ago. I did this simply because I hadn't started Gnome since about June and I have since upgraded from 7.1 --> 7.3. The 1.4 RPM's work really well as far as I can tell. Galeon surprized me. Everyone says it's so good and quick..but it died horribly when it had to accept a cookie from my.yahoo.com for my settings..it kicked me completely out of X. *shrug* I don't much care because I use Moz and Konq 99.999% of the time anyways and I use KDE2 most of the time as well. I just use some Gnome programs so I installed the desktop. :) Cheers! -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" -AE
On 6 Dec, Scott Anderson wrote:
2) Various applets (the taskbar, a clock, etc.) showed up as tiny footprint icons in the panels, even if I removed/readded them.
I had a similar problem when first loading 7.2. It turned out to be a CORBA problem. SuSE sets up multiple directories for CORBA files. But GNOME uses the wrong one. So GNOME can't find the files it needs to load the applets, and you see the small footprint. To fix (as root): # cp /etc/CORBA/servers/* /etc/opt/gnome/CORBA/servers # cp /opt/gnome/etc/CORBA/servers/* /etc/opt/gnome/CORBA/servers # cp /usr/local/etc/CORBA/servers/* /etc/opt/gnome/CORBA/servers # ln -sf /etc/opt/gnome/CORBA /etc/CORBA # ln -sf /etc/opt/gnome/CORBA /opt/gnome/etc/CORBA # ln -sf /etc/opt/gnome/CORBA /usr/local/etc/CORBA The symbolic links direct any future applets into the correct directory. -- Robert Wohlfarth rjwohlfar@galaxyinternet.net "Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?" -- Matthew 6:25b
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