[opensuse-gnome] GNOME 3 issues

Michael Hill

12 Apr 2011 12 Apr '11

19:08

I installed openSUSE from the GNOME 3 Live CD (thanks, Frederic!), jumping ship from another distro where GNOME 3 isn't a priority. It's mostly terrific, but I'm having a few small issues. 1. How do I disable Automatic Login? It seems obvious, pulling up User Accounts with My Account in the myname pull-down, but the switch has no effect. The GDM login seems to be accessible only if I power on and then log out. 2. The Flash plug-in works in Firefox, but is simply missing in Epiphany. Is there a way to implicitly specify its use in Epiphany? Is swfdec-mozilla a reliable alternative? 3. Not a big deal, but my cheap and badly-supported (by HP) LaserJet 1020 is recognized but is not receiving print jobs. I followed the 11.3 howto for installing the proprietary driver, but no success. I recently upgraded the printer's firmware to work with my wife's iMac, but it isn't working there, either. When I plugged it into Ubuntu the first time, I was told a driver needed to be downloaded and everything happened automatically. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org

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Sankar P

13 Apr 13 Apr

05:20

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On 4/13/2011 at 12:38 AM, in message , Michael Hill wrote: I installed openSUSE from the GNOME 3 Live CD (thanks, Frederic!), jumping ship from another distro where GNOME 3 isn't a priority.

Welcome :-)

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1. How do I disable Automatic Login? It seems obvious, pulling up User Accounts with My Account in the myname pull-down, but the switch has no effect. The GDM login seems to be accessible only if I power on and then log out.

YaST -> User and Group Management -> Expert Options -> Login Settings -> Auto Login In openSUSE, YaST is the place where you tinker all system specific settings.

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2. The Flash plug-in works in Firefox, but is simply missing in Epiphany. Is there a way to implicitly specify its use in Epiphany? Is swfdec-mozilla a reliable alternative?

I have never used epiphany. But IIRC last time when I tried, I needed to install gnash for playing youtube in epiphany.

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3. Not a big deal, but my cheap and badly-supported (by HP) LaserJet 1020 is recognized but is not receiving print jobs. I followed the 11.3 howto for installing the proprietary driver, but no success. I recently upgraded the printer's firmware to work with my wife's iMac, but it isn't working there, either. When I plugged it into Ubuntu the first time, I was told a driver needed to be downloaded and everything happened automatically.

This may be a better question to opensuse-kernel list or may be reporting in bugzilla/forums. Can't help much here. Sorry. Sankar http://psankar.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org

Michael Hill

14:07

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Sankar P wrote:

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Welcome :-)

Thanks, everyone. Terrific. Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org

Vincent Untz

08:06

Le mardi 12 avril 2011, à 15:08 -0400, Michael Hill a écrit :

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2. The Flash plug-in works in Firefox, but is simply missing in Epiphany. Is there a way to implicitly specify its use in Epiphany? Is swfdec-mozilla a reliable alternative?

That's because the Flash plugin is not compatible with GTK+ 3. So right now, no Flash in Epiphany. I guess it's just a matter of time before this gets fixed. Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org

Frederic Crozat

08:29

Le mardi 12 avril 2011 à 15:08 -0400, Michael Hill a écrit :

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I installed openSUSE from the GNOME 3 Live CD (thanks, Frederic!), jumping ship from another distro where GNOME 3 isn't a priority. It's mostly terrific, but I'm having a few small issues.

1. How do I disable Automatic Login? It seems obvious, pulling up User Accounts with My Account in the myname pull-down, but the switch has no effect. The GDM login seems to be accessible only if I power on and then log out.

User Accounts doesn't yet support the "SUSE way" to handle autologin, we need to fix that. Until it is fixed, as Sankar suggested, use "YaST -> User and Group Management -> Expert Options -> Login Settings -> Auto Login"

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2. The Flash plug-in works in Firefox, but is simply missing in Epiphany. Is there a way to implicitly specify its use in Epiphany? Is swfdec-mozilla a reliable alternative?

gnash, as suggested by vuntz, epiphany doesn't allow gtk2 "based" plugins for now (like flashplayer)

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3. Not a big deal, but my cheap and badly-supported (by HP) LaserJet 1020 is recognized but is not receiving print jobs. I followed the 11.3 howto for installing the proprietary driver, but no success. I recently upgraded the printer's firmware to work with my wife's iMac, but it isn't working there, either. When I plugged it into Ubuntu the first time, I was told a driver needed to be downloaded and everything happened automatically.

This doesn't seem GNOME 3 specific. -- Frederic Crozat Novell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org

Michael Hill

21 Apr 21 Apr

17:54

Is there a HowTo regarding bootsplash themes? On occasion when I run Brasero, Packagekit (or something) convinces me to install a large number of missing packages, including openSUSE bootsplash branding. Since lately I find GNOME blue more soothing, I'd like to switch back to the GNOME theme. I can see the folder in /etc/sysconfig, but the GNOME theme doesn't seem to be a configurable option in YaST. Thanks, Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org

Frederic Crozat

22 Apr 22 Apr

08:08

Le jeudi 21 avril 2011 à 13:54 -0400, Michael Hill a écrit :

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Is there a HowTo regarding bootsplash themes?

On occasion when I run Brasero, Packagekit (or something) convinces me to install a large number of missing packages, including openSUSE bootsplash branding. Since lately I find GNOME blue more soothing, I'd like to switch back to the GNOME theme. I can see the folder in /etc/sysconfig, but the GNOME theme doesn't seem to be a configurable option in YaST.

GNOME3 Bootsplash theme is not in GNOME:STABLE:3.0. You can find the packages in GNOME:Media project (openSUSE_11.4 repository). -- Frederic Crozat Novell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org

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