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From: Mark David Dumlao <madumlao@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] GNOME: Cant logout and Lock Screen is showing different background from GNOME screensaver
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:06:29
Message-Id: 6e2210230812150606l72c97efft88da14232f11ce55@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] GNOME: Cant logout and Lock Screen is showing different background from GNOME screensaver by Mark David Dumlao
1 er, anyone?
2
3 On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:28 AM, Mark David Dumlao <madumlao@×××××.com>wrote:
4
5 > I did a recent emerge -uDNav world and most of my gnome packages are 2.24
6 > now.2 issues:
7 > 1) Logout, shutdown, restart commands from gnome menu don't seem to be
8 > working. Nothing happens, no menu appears. Same goes for using the Power
9 > button applet.
10 >
11 > I can manually log myself out, of course, by doing "killall gnome-session"
12 > but that can't possibly be the Right Thing (tm). :)
13 >
14 > 2) The Lock Screen command, however, works and sends me to my screensaver.
15 > However, when I move the mouse and the password dialog reappears, the
16 > background is the default green splashscreen that comes with a new user.
17 > Weird. I don't know where to hunt to change the lock screen background, and
18 > I was pretty sure it was supposed to just be gnome-screensaver with a dialog
19 > on top.
20 >
21 > 3) While I'm at it, does anyone know a way to get the "random pictures"
22 > screen saver to select a specific folder without making a folder mess in my
23 > home folder called Pictures? I have my own sorting scheme of things and it's
24 > getting to me, also I don't want all of my pictures flying out on the
25 > screensaver ;D
26 >
27 >

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