[KLUG Members] More RH8.0 impressions

[Bruce Smith]

> >>>>>5. I miss Galeon, and this mozilla is too old to install it.  That is
> >>>>>disappointing.  I'm off to fight a small war with RPM....
> >>>>Galeon doesn't install by default, but it is on the RH 8 CD's.
> >>Ok, I went and found it.  Installed,  but setting web-browser to galeon
> >>in prefferred-applications didn't make it come up when I clicked
> >>web-browser.  I still got mozilla.  So whats the point?  Galeon starts
> >>from the galeon icon just fine.
> >Yup, I have the same problem here.  At least when I click a link in
> >evolution, it starts Galeon.
> 
> grr...  Oh, well.  Thier generic webbrowser icon is stupid anyway.

OTOH, when I click on a link in the terminal window I get Mozilla.
Something is definitely hosed.

> >>>>Applications need to drop a file into a directory somewhere so they show
> >>>>up on the menus.  Hopefully they'll all do that in the near future.
> >>Yep...
> >>/usr/share/applications/vncviewer.desktop
> >>And it is on the desktop/menu where?
> >I have no idea how it works.  I have some packages that drop a file
> >somewhere under /usr/share/gnome/apps/ and they show up:
> 
> In RH8.0?  I have tag files in /usr/share/gnome/apps and they do not show up.  

Me too, but I have the file: 
/usr/share/gnome/apps/System/red-carpet.desktop
(left over from my upgrade) which shows up under "extras".
That file is also listed in the red-carpet RPM.

Maybe it's linked from somewhere else, not sure.

> I know how GNOME menus work, and something seems odd.  It almost looks like RH
> hotwired it to use /usr/share/applications for both desktops?  The stuff in the
> GNOME dir shows up under the extras tab where all the catagories are
> duplicated.....  Again with the "Someone thought this was a good idea?"  But I
> drag the galeon icon to the taskbar - and then I don't care where on the stupid
> menus it shows up.

Yeah, I put the stuff I use on my panel, and don't worry touch the menus
very often.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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