Date: 20 Dec 2001 01:02:48 -0500 From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Totally Jayyness <Jayyness@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Beginner SERIOUSLY simple question about Gnome Message-ID: <1008828168.81679.11.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <000501c1891a$eefe6910$0300a8c0@jayyness.com> References: <000501c1891a$eefe6910$0300a8c0@jayyness.com>
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On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 00:55, Totally Jayyness wrote: > Very new to FreeBSD 4.4... I have a server running but it has all been > CLI... > > Built a second bsd box tonight... this one is going to be used as a > desktop... thought I would try Gnome-Sawfish... configured my X Server, > installed Gnome via /stand/sysinstall... > > Dropped to CLI and typed startX which started TWM (or TVM, not sure which it > is) but it was a very vanilla X session... I dug around for a bit but > couldn't figure out how to get Gnome started... > > With KDE I thought it was just startkde.... but I couldn't find an equally > easy command for gnome. /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session However, if I may make a suggestion, you should cvsup the latest ports tree, and install Gnome and friends from that. Why? Well, Maxim Sobolev and others have done one hell of a job getting Gnome 1.4.1 fully operational on FreeBSD. With the latest Gnome, you get working Nautilus, Evolution, and gdm. These programs we not very functional in the 4.4-RELEASE time frame. Joe > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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