FS#200 - Gnome upgrade from 2.2 to 2.4

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Eric Johnson (eric) - Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 11:59 GMT
Last edited by Dale Blount (dale) - Saturday, 25 October 2003, 16:28 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To Dale Blount (dale)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.6 Widget
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Upgrading from Gnome 2.2 to 2.4 is broken. The same problem has happened on two separate machines.

After upgrading, an existing gnome user will find that the gnome-games are not listed under the Gnome panel's Applications->Games menu.

After upgrading, the gnome desktop environment is not configured if it is a new gnome user (e.g. a user that had never logged in under gnome 2.2 before the upgrade). The desktop environment only seems to work if the user's desktop is being migrated from 2.2 to 2.4 (with the exception of the missing games mentioned above).
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Closed by  Anonymous Submitter
Saturday, 25 October 2003, 16:28 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Eric Johnson (eric) - Tuesday, 14 October 2003, 12:09 GMT
further investigation shows that there are no useable games included in the gnome-games-2.4.0-1 package! Well, there is "gnect", but running it from the command line produces a set of errors and then exits.

You can verify this with a 'pacman -Ql gnome-games' and see that there are no games listed.
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 21:53 GMT
gnome-games 2.4.0 is broken. upgraded to 2.4.1 and all is well.

fixed in gnome-games 2.4.1-1

still working on the DE initial run problems...
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Tuesday, 21 October 2003, 01:44 GMT
eric,

are you still having problems with new user gnome 2.4 installs? Several package updates seem to have fixed this for me, but I won't close until you confirm. Please pacman -Syu before testing -- thanks
Comment by Eric Johnson (eric) - Tuesday, 21 October 2003, 23:12 GMT
Hi Dale,

Yes, the problem still exists. I have updated to the latest 'current' and 'unofficial' repositories.

You can duplicate the problem on your up-to-date system by creating a new user account and logging into gnome for the first time. The new user is faced with a spartan desktop and empty panel. As I recall, the first time I logged in as a new gnome user for gnome 2.2, I had a fully functional environment; at least I had two panels (top/bottom) and they contained menu items workspace-switchers, date/time, etc. A new Gnome 2.4 user has nothing.
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Friday, 24 October 2003, 13:56 GMT
Yes, I can confirm this is a bug. I cannot seem to track it down though, and my main development system is dying... (locks when X starts), so it might be a while before I can fully resolve this. If you have any more information on why it does this, or package changes, feel free to send them along and I'll try to test them.
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Friday, 24 October 2003, 13:57 GMT
didn't realize verified closes the bug, re-opening.
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Saturday, 25 October 2003, 16:28 GMT
  • Task details edited
fixed in gnome-panel 2.4.1-2

thanks for the report and your help Eric

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