Known Issues

All software, when it is released, contains bugs the developers know about but have elected, for a variety of reasons, not to fix before releasing. Free software is no different in this regard from proprietary software, except that with free software, we tell users about them.

We also encourage our users to report bugs so that they can be fixed. The best way to report bugs found in GNOME is to use the Simple Bug Guide. This will take you through the necessary steps to file a quality bug report, and make sure that it is tagged appropriately. If you're too advanced for anything with the word 'simple' in it, there is also the traditional bug form. More details on bugs already reported can be found at our Bugzilla. Among the most prominent GNOME 2.2 bugs:

9.1. Threading in GStreamer

GStreamer uses its own threading implementation, which has some known issues. They are discussed in more detail in the GStreamer 0.6 Release Notes.

9.2. FAM bugs can cause Theme Manager hangs

In some cases, problems with FAM can cause the new Theme Manager to hang. For more information, see bug 103797.

9.3. Sound Recorder hangs in some cases

In some circumstances, the Sound Recorder can hang when recording. For more information, see bug 103279.

9.4. Sawfish support in Theme Manager

As metacity is now the official window manager of GNOME, sawfish support may be incomplete in the theme manager.