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( [193.111.103.107]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id q13sm1333200qbq.2005.12.08.05.02.40; Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:02:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <43982F02.5090909@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:02:58 +0200 From: spen User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: el, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <4396F1AB.7040603@gmail.com> <20276.38.112.155.126.1133972025.squirrel@www.keyslapper.net> <05833021B4235FC1C06BB6CD@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <44238.38.112.155.126.1133978407.squirrel@www.keyslapper.net> In-Reply-To: <44238.38.112.155.126.1133978407.squirrel@www.keyslapper.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: Re: gnome2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: espanop@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:02:45 -0000 O/H Louis J. LeBlanc έγραψε: >On Wed, December 7, 2005 12:21 pm, Paul Schmehl wrote: > > >>--On Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:13:45 -0500 "Louis J. LeBlanc" >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Edit /etc/ttys like this: >>>>ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/sbin/gdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure >>>> >>>>And gnome will start when you boot. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Actually, don't the docs suggest turning OFF ttyv8? IIRC, the more >>>recent >>>approach is to put "gdm_enable=YES" (or something similar) in /etc/rc.d. >>>Check the pkg_message file in the port directory to be sure. >>> >>> >>> >>pkg-message points to www.freebsd.org/gnome, which doesn't say anything >>about startup (AFAICS) except this: >> >>Make GNOME 2.12 start when X starts. >> >>Once you have the GNOME 2.12 desktop installed, GNOME 2.12 can be started >>by adding the following line to ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc, as appropriate: >> >>exec gnome-session >> >> > >Yes, this detail was mentioned previously, and I did forget to repeat it ... > > > >>There's nothing about starting gnome in /usr/ports/UPDATING. >> >>The Handbook suggests using ttyv8 (as I do) for xdm (section 5.6.2): >>ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure >> >> > >Yes, this turns the display manager running on ttyv8 off - no display >manager will start up. It does, however, create the virtual terminal for >gdm to start on. This is actually the default entry anyway. > > > >> >> >> > > > >>Section 5.7.1.2 says this: >> >>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. >> >>In short, there's more than one way to skin a cat. >> >> > >Actually, I was under the impression they were just different parts of the >same procedure. I believe the entry above assumes that /etc/ttys has not >already been modified to start xdm (i.e. it's still "off", which is the >default at install). > >If the virtual terminal line is omitted or commented out, gdm will not >have a place to run. If it is "on" instead of "off" that terminal will >run xdm instead. If "gdm_enable=yes" is not put in /etc/rc.conf (I wrote >/etc/rc.d in my last message, which was a mistake on my part), the script >installed in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ will not start gdm at startup. > >Thanks for the correction regarding /etc/rc.conf. > >Cheers. >Lou > > guys, I tried the gdm_enable="YES" and the exec gnome-session in another fbsd machine I have (where I had the same prob with the laptop) and it WORKS! I searched for the script and i just runned it. So I 'll tell you what will happen now with the laptop. Thank you