When I select "Clear Recent Documents" from the "Recent Documents" menu option (in the main gnome menu), it asks for confirmation, but doesn't actually clear them. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. GNOME foot -> Recent Documents -> Clear Recent Documents 2. Press "Clear" in the confirmation window 3. Actual Results: If you go back into "Recent Documents", all documents are still there. Expected Results: Cleared the list???? Here's the output from emerge info. I have just synced and upgraded everything (with --deep) Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r0, 2.6.8-gentoo-r7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r7 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 1800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.5 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.22 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r6 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-pipe -O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-pipe -O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/gentoo/ http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt cups dga encode esd f77 fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imagemagick imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sasl sdl spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype unicode x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
well it actually does get cleared, it only doesn't get notified. Is fam running ?
No, famd wasn't running. However, even with famd running, it still isn't clearing the list. If famd is needed for this to work, shouldn't it be automatically loaded by either gnome-session or put on startup scripts (rc-update??) by portage when installing gnome??
both the famd & the gnome meta ebuild mention the fact that you should add it to your default runlevel. We do not automagicly add daemons because its bad (TM). Have you restarted your session before trying again ?
No, but I will. I aggree with you in the fact that it's bad to add it automatically. However, when most people emerge gnome, they usually leave the emerge unattended, becuase it takes hours, and so, we normally can't see the info shown between package merges. Is that another way to have it shown? Lots of problems could be solved if the info was shown in the end, or logged to a file, whatever.
Okay, WORKSFORME, but we'll add some einfo to the gnome emerge. Adding to 2.8.1's list.
we should remove the info on famd & suggest using gamin, which doesn't need a daemon.
Maybe, but not while the default virtual/fam points to app-admin/fam. If we want to encourage people to use gamin, shouldn't we specify it as the default for virtual/fam ?
yes, and eventually that will change, but there is more in the tree than gnome that uses fam & that needs testing first. For gnome itself I would at this point already push gamin over fam.
I added a "How to/Why Switch" for FAM/Gamin to our Project page - http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/gnome/index.xml Where should we go from here foser?
I'm still waiting for the last packages in the tree to be tested with gamin. Before that is done we can't change the default virtual to it. For gnome it is recommendable to use gamin with inotify enabled kernel in my experience, so we should try and push that.
the solutions are here, this can be closed.
