[TriLUG] Gnome configuration

[Janyne Kizer]

On 12/10/2003 11:16 AM, Janyne Kizer wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12/9/2003 9:11 PM, Nathan Conrad wrote:
> 
>> I'm not sure why, but with my install of GNOME 2.4 on Debian unstable,
>> I do not have a 'known applications' menu. It is something like:
>>
>> [      ]
>> [ gears]  [_________________] |>
>> [      ]  [x] run in terminal [Run with file]
>>
>> [Help]                    [Cancel] [Run]
>>
>> The triangle to the right of the command box has the most recently
>> typed commands.
>>
>> Which version of GNOME are you using?
> 
> 
> 2.2, the version that comes with Red Hat 9.  It looks like Gnome was 
> enhanced to have this dialog box added by default about 18 months ago. I 
> think that gconf is supposed to be able to turn if off but that' not 
> working :-(

FWIW, it looks like the Known Applications are coming from 
/usr/share/applications and the other .desktop files.   Moving/removing 
these files seems to have resolved our difficulties.

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Janyne Kizer
Systems Programmer Administrator
NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Extension Information Technology