Preface

The GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment Troubleshooting Guide describes known problems with the GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris^TM 8 operating environment and the Solaris 9 operating environment. The guide provides workarounds for many of the known problems.

Who Should Use This Book

Different chapters in this manual provide information for the following users:

Accessibility engineers and users with accessibility needs
Developers
End users
Localization teams
System Administrators

How This Book Is Organized

This guide is structured in the following way:

Chapter 1, Build Problems describes problems that developers might encounter when building the desktop environment.
Chapter 2, Installation Problems discusses problems and workarounds that system administrators and users might encounter when installing the desktop environment.
Chapter 3, Startup Problems discusses problems that system administrators and users might encounter when they start up the desktop environment for the first time.
Chapter 4, Window and Session Management Problems provides information for users about how to deal with window and session management problems in the desktop environment.
Chapter 5, General GNOME Desktop Problems provides information about general problems that users might have with the desktop environment.
Chapter 6, Problems With Specific Applications provides information about problems that users might have with GNOME applications.
Chapter 7, Hardware Problems provides information about hardware problems that might affect your desktop environment.
Chapter 8, Performance Enhancement provides some tips for users about improving the performance of the desktop environment.
Chapter 9, Accessibility Problems provides information about how to deal with accessibility-related problems in the desktop environment.
Chapter 10, Localization and Internationalization Problems provides information for localization teams about how to deal with localization-related problems in the desktop environment.

Related Books

The following manuals are related to this guide.

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com^SM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

Ordering Sun Documentation

Sun Microsystems offers select product documentation in print. For a list of documents and how to order them, see “Buy printed documentation” at http://docs.sun.com.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`AaBbCc123`	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized.	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser prompt	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	`#`