Description of problem: yum would not install gnome-panel. I downloaded it and tried localinstall and got Cannot install package 1:gnome-applets-2.32.0-3.fc15.x86_64. It is obsoleted by installed package gnome-panel-3.0.0.1-4.fc15.x86_64 How reproducible: always Additional info: I am using the "forced fallback mode" option so that I can avoid gnome-shell. I want an applet of the sort that gnome 2 had, which shows processes in a little black window right on the panel. I think it is called the "multiload applet" or it might be "gnome-applet-netmon". It seems to be part of gnome-applets, but I cannot install that because it is "obsoleted" by gnome-panel, which does not have any equivalent. There is a system-monitor applet but you have to click it in order to see anything. I want to be able to know what is happening all the time (e.g., someone is downloading a huge file). I am afraid to force the installation of gnome-applet. It was very difficult to get as far as I have with gnome 3, to make it act like gnome 2. I did try gnome shell. Can't use it. So I'm afraid to mess something up. Should I try?
I meant "yum would not install gnome-applets". Not "gnome-panel". Sorry.
You can bypass the obsolete with --exclude=gnome-panel, but the package still won't work due to broken dependencies (bug 691250). However, the F16 package seems to work. I have the F16 multiload applet on my F15 panel now.
(In reply to comment #2) > You can bypass the obsolete with --exclude=gnome-panel, but the package still > won't work due to broken dependencies (bug 691250). However, the F16 package > seems to work. I have the F16 multiload applet on my F15 panel now. Works for me too. For the benefit of others: You get the F16 rpm from the "testing" section of mirror sites (as of 8/26/2011). It installs directly without any problems. (Download it, then use yum localinstall.) Then, to add it to the panel (in fallback mode, which I will use until it goes away and I have to try Xfce again), alt + right-click on the panel to get "Add to panel", and then - this is crucial - the thing you want to add is System Monitor. Scroll down until you see it. The upshot is that I think this bug is "fixed" in Fedora 16 and should probably be marked as fixed, but I seem to be unable to do that.
(In reply to comment #3) > For the benefit of others: You get the F16 rpm from the > "testing" section of mirror sites (as of 8/26/2011). It installs directly > without any problems. (Download it, then use yum localinstall.) "yum --releasever=16 --enablerepo=updates-testing install gnome-applets", once you install the key from https://fedoraproject.org/keys . > Then, to add > it to the panel (in fallback mode, which I will use until it goes away and I > have to try Xfce again), I am with you there. > alt + right-click on the panel to get "Add to panel", Thanks for the tip; I was doing everything manually in dconf. I started https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GNOME_2_nostalgics_FAQ with that and more. > The upshot is that I think this bug is "fixed" in Fedora 16 and should probably > be marked as fixed, but I seem to be unable to do that. You would use "CLOSED NEXTRELEASE", but let's see if the developers elect to do something for Fedora 15.
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