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#1 2007-05-13 16:45:19
- annxu
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- Registered: 2007-05-13
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XFCE4 'Tips and Tricks' window fails to show tips and tricks.
It's very strange that the 'Tips and Tricks' window on startup fails to show any text but is just a blank window. However I can see two files 'tips' and 'tips.dat' in /usr/share/xfce4/tips/. I used
'pacman -S xfce4'
and
'pacman -S xfce4-goodies'
to install. XFCE4 works well except for this bug. Although it's not a big problem but is really annoying. Help me plz!!!
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#2 2008-02-11 22:07:30
- hencethus
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Re: XFCE4 'Tips and Tricks' window fails to show tips and tricks.
I know I'm bumping a pretty old topic, but I have the exact same problem, and I'd also like to know how to fix it (short of disabling the tips and tricks window).
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#3 2008-02-11 22:43:54
- Allan
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- Registered: 2007-06-09
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Re: XFCE4 'Tips and Tricks' window fails to show tips and tricks.
I'm guessing that the tips and tricks appear like documentation and are not installed. I can't remember it working either. I just turned them off.
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#4 2008-02-11 22:59:37
- Misfit138
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Re: XFCE4 'Tips and Tricks' window fails to show tips and tricks.
For me it works once on each Xfce install, then breaks. At which time I turn it off.
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#5 2008-02-12 01:07:52
- tesjo
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- Registered: 2007-11-30
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Re: XFCE4 'Tips and Tricks' window fails to show tips and tricks.
The problem is it hits an error when fortune is not available.
pacman -S fortune-mod
Then you can use tips or fortune.
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#6 2008-02-12 01:19:56
- dyscoria
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Re: XFCE4 'Tips and Tricks' window fails to show tips and tricks.
Yeah, mine wasn't working at all. Didn't think much of it as I generally turn off straight away any 'tips and tricks' or 'daily hints' any program will give me. Just get in the way. How I despised the paperclip in MS Word....
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