[tracking] Xfce 4.6 RC issues

Question

Hello fellow Archers!
Regarding Xfce 4.6 RC from [testing]
1. Setting keyboard shortcuts does not work. Existing shortcuts with <meta> key seem not to work. [solved] http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 54#p492754
2. Mouse cursor theme is not honoured. [solved] http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 54#p492754
3. Mixer does not work, throws "Gstreamer was unable to detect any sound devices". [solved] http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 75#p492575
4. Monitor settings in xfce power manager do not show anything. [fixed in xfce4-power-manager 0.6.1-1]
5. Suspend and hibernate fail with org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.suspend no <-- (action, result) and org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.hibernate no <-- (action, result) respectively, restart just restarts Xfce [solved] http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 82#p492682 & http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 54#p492754
edit: I will update this list should more issues be discovered to keep things in context.
Last edited by fijam (2009-02-07 00:33:41)

Answer 1

fijam wrote:
mmmasterluke wrote:Maybe we could turn this into a general 4.6 issues thread while still in the testing phase? I mean remove the [solved] and keep it open for others?
Sure, good idea.
I was told in #xfce that a rewritten xfce4-menueditor will not make it for the 4.6 release. As for the menu perhaps this will help you: http://wiki.xfce.org/howto/customize-menu
And if you mean the desktop context menu, I believe it is hardcoded
Wow, this is a huge step backward. The 4.4 menu editor wasn't the most feature-rich, but at least it worked for basic adding and removing of items. Now we have to go back to terminal gymnastics in the meantime while we wait for v. 4.8? Pretty lame. I don't know why they release something just to release it when it actually has less functionality than before.
Also, as noted above, some gstreamer packages are now required for the mixer to work, so it seems those need to be added as arch dependencies. And does anyone else have a problem with the mixer icon? Mine is corrupted somehow and looks weird. The slider volume indicator that used to be next to it is gone, too.
Taskbar clock is pretty bad still, with apparently no way to change the default font or color. I thought i read somewhere that the clock was supposed to have been completely revamped with better options?
Moving Autostart applications to Session and *Startup* makes a lot of sense, but I think changing "User Interface" to "Appearance" is a mistake, and the new dialog is awful. UI used to be next to Window Manager, which was more convenient and intuitive, and now it's way up on its own at the beginning. You also have to select multiple tabs just to change fonts, DPI, etc. while the Window Manager dialog still (rightly) keeps all those on the first page. Why the discrepancy? Those options should be on the first page in Appearance, too. Style and Fonts should be merged into one tab, and Icons and  Settings should be merged into another tab. Two tabs, not four. 
I also don't understand why they don't include the Screensaver applet in the Settings window, while it appears on the Settings menu. Menu editor (if they develop one) should be including in Settings too, imo.
That's my critique so far. The transition was actually pretty smooth except for these minor items and the desktop menu issues, which are actually pretty major, imo.