[plug] GNOME help please

[Jim Householder]

Problem partially solved.

I had a .desktop with DESKTOP=KDE in it and ended up with ICEWM since KDE was not installed.  The ICEWM icon in the panel failed to register.  I deleted .desktop and the desktop & panel are ok, but still no side pane in nautilus.

Jim

Jim Householder wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm trying GNOME 2.6 for a while but am having difficulty configuring 
> it.  The documentation indicates I should have a panel at the top of the 
> screen with configuration options.  Not there.  It mentions Applications 
> - Configure Desktop.  There is no 'Configure Desktop' anywhere.
> 
> Nautilus is supposed to have a side pane.  Not there, and the View menu 
> has no reference to side panes even though the help file says there 
> should be.
> 
> Shortcut keys to work with panels do not work.  I cannot find any way to 
> configure the panel at the bottom of the screen short of hacking some 
> text files (which I'm reluctant to do).
> 
> Do I have a crippled or deliberately restricted version or is something 
> missing?
> 
> I'm using a fresh install of MDK 10.1 Official.  When installing, I 
> selected everything in the left column (games, development, 
> documentation, etc) except the last (LS?), and selected individual 
> packages.  I added a few things but deleted none.  GNOME was the only 
> gui selected.
> 
> I kept my previous /home partition.  However I've tried deleting the 
> configuration files in my home directory so that fresh ones would be 
> installed.  No change
> 
> I really would like to give GNOME a go, but if I don't make progress 
> soon I will have to go back to KDE.
> 
> TIA
> Jim
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