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Mad Max

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Gnome 2.28 issues

Hi, guys.

1. After upgrading to gnome 2.28 I need root password every time I want to switch cpu frequency (in the panel). Earlier gnome was popping up with that keyring-message, but I can't access the keyring anymore... Where is it?
Maybe I can switch cpu frequency as user by adding me to some group/policy?

2. I can't access as user that "Users and groups" menu in System->Administration->Users and groups. Do you, guys know, how to get this permission?

Thanks in advance

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

Running testing by any chance?

A query on the frontpage shows 2.26 still being in Extra, moving this to the [Testing] subforum, please look where you put your topics next time .

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Mad Max

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

Yes, you're right about the subforum. Thanks.

Any ideas, maybe?

Last edited by Mad Max (2009-10-01 13:32:12)

Maledictvm

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

Same here. Also, I still can't scale the gnome-panel down do <24 pixels and it as if NTFS-partitions are being mounted without ntfs-3g, so there's no write-access to a mounted NTFS-partition.

Mad Max

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

@Maledictvm:

I've got solved at least ntfs problem with the "dirty" trick from HAL wiki:

# ln -s /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g /sbin/mount.ntfs

Now all of your ntfs partitions (systemwide) will be used with ntfs-3g driver instead of kernel ntfs driver, but this is how I ever wanted them to be mounted anyways .

Cheers

Last edited by Mad Max (2009-10-01 14:42:07)

jaxxstorm

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

Hi, guys.

1. After upgrading to gnome 2.28 I need root password every time I want to switch cpu frequency (in the panel). Earlier gnome was popping up with that keyring-message, but I can't access the keyring anymore... Where is it?
Maybe I can switch cpu frequency as user by adding me to some group/policy?

2. I can't access as user that "Users and groups" menu in System->Administration->Users and groups. Do you, guys know, how to get this permission?

Thanks in advance

I think both of these can be fixed by adding yourself to the stb-admin group.

to make sure it exists do

cat /etc/group | grep stb-admin

If it does exists (which it should!) add yourself to it using

gpasswd -a USERNAME stb-admin

as root

Mad Max

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

I think both of these can be fixed by adding yourself to the stb-admin group.

to make sure it exists do

cat /etc/group | grep stb-admin

If it does exists (which it should!) add yourself to it using

gpasswd -a USERNAME stb-admin

as root

Hi, thanks for your reply. It did solve the access to the "Users and Groups" menu, but I still can't manage them from there... Even if I login as root and enter this menu, I can't manage those normal user's groups and settings. Weird.

The other problem is still there despite of the stb-admin privileges -> cpu frequency still can only be changed by enering root password.

Berseker

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

I have the same "problem" of the root password needed in order to change the cpu freq.

Also I have troubles in automounting cdroms (but as I've read somewhere, it has to be related with some bugs with the lastest udev)
ps mounting by hand from console works fine

Bl@ster

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

I have the same "problem" of the root password needed in order to change the cpu freq.

Also I have troubles in automounting cdroms (but as I've read somewhere, it has to be related with some bugs with the lastest udev)
ps mounting by hand from console works fine

I think that the "problem" with the changing of cpu freq is a right behaviour

About the Metacity's bug relatively to Compiz?
Do you know anything?

ngoonee

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

About the Metacity's bug relatively to Compiz?
Do you know anything?

It exists. What else is there to know? Do a killall metacity.

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

About the Metacity's bug relatively to Compiz?
Do you know anything?

It exists. What else is there to know? Do a killall metacity.

I have to do a killall metacity every time i boot up my box, and this is ugly
I was asking if we have a fix, a patch, everything

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

Perhaps its better to ask here rather than in a thread that JGC (the maintainer for gnome) will probably never read?

I'd advise patience though, he knows about the issue.

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Bl@ster

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

Perhaps its better to ask here rather than in a thread that JGC (the maintainer for gnome) will probably never read?

I'd advise patience though, he knows about the issue.

Oh, you're right

Stunts

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

I think both of these can be fixed by adding yourself to the stb-admin group.

to make sure it exists do

cat /etc/group | grep stb-admin

If it does exists (which it should!) add yourself to it using

gpasswd -a USERNAME stb-admin

as root

What if the group doesn't exist?

I have the same issue, but stb-admin doesn't exist for me...

Thanks

Mad Max

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

*BUMP* Do you guys know the "solution" for that annoying permission issue with CPU-governors in Gnome yet?

QuimaxW

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

*BUMP* Do you guys know the "solution" for that annoying permission issue with CPU-governors in Gnome yet?

Use KDE.

/end sarcasm

I really don't have anything more helpful, it just popped in my head as something whitty to say.

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Mad Max

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Re: Gnome 2.28 issues

Use KDE.

/end sarcasm

I really don't have anything more helpful, it just popped in my head as something whitty to say.

Well, I was using KDE 4.3.1 before, but it had monstrous performance hits (with or without KWIN effects, NO GTK-QT-Engines) with GTK-programs, e.g. resizing GTK-windows, using open source xf86-video-ati-git driver...