From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 9 01:55:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A31A16A401 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 01:55:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oscartheduck@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDBF213C4AA for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 01:55:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oscartheduck@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i22so694017wra for ; Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:55:45 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=TNcyGevrdQOwRlwL2BqYKvM14E5k+3q0lPafhNJEWLzTKC7ru9Lz5gL888U7mGUh0VQb+zRlw2X/7BvDnYfsW51p2g9Ql3g6GTfjtNr5THkZoBNCPcYwlNt7je8SR7gbIDKqWhCqsB89ZxkasbHJB33BUNK3FutAPeC1FUIYkQo= Received: by 10.114.39.16 with SMTP id m16mr5534869wam.1170984610261; Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:30:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.176.13 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:30:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 18:30:10 -0700 From: James To: doc@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: correction for http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:55:46 -0000 Hi folks, on the page http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html, the portion about the FreeBSD Gnome display reads: " The easiest way to start *GNOME* is with *GDM*, the GNOME Display Manager. * GDM*, which is installed as a part of the *GNOME* desktop (but is disabled by default), can be enabled by adding gdm_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf. Once you have rebooted, *GNOME* will start automatically once you log in -- no further configuration is necessary. *GNOME* may also be started from the command-line by properly configuring a file named .xinitrc. If a custom .xinitrc is already in place, simply replace the line that starts the current window manager with one that starts */usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session* instead. If nothing special has been done to the configuration file, then it is enough simply to type: % echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc Next, type startx, and the *GNOME* desktop environment will be started. *Note:* If an older display manager, like *XDM*, is being used, this will not work. Instead, create an executable .xsession file with the same command in it. To do this, edit the file and replace the existing window manager command with */usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session*: % echo "#!/bin/sh" > ~/.xsession % echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" >> ~/.xsession % chmod +x ~/.xsession Yet another option is to configure the display" The correct path for the echo is not /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session, but is /usr/local/bin/gnome-session as of at least FreeBSD 6.2. How do I go about submitting this correction to the proper folks? Thanks! James