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Date:      Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:13:34 -0500 (EST)
From:      Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Totally Jayyness <Jayyness@mindspring.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Gnome Woes
Message-ID:  <20011220140942.T85844-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <000501c18988$487d8df0$0300a8c0@jayyness.com>

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On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Totally Jayyness wrote:

> Ok, am able to get Gnome started now (thanks for the help on that one)
>
> But when I do startx, then twm loads... then I load Gnome which does start
> after warning me that I am not using a Window Manager for Gnome.  And after
> Gnome does start, my desktop is HUGE... my mouse won't go beyond the screen
> size but the windows that are open go WAY below my screen...

How did you install Gnome?  Gnome built from ports:

# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome
# make all install clean

Installs sawfish as the default Gnome window manager.  You can always go
into the Gnome Control Center, and change the window manager there.

>
> I did a man gnome and saw that gdm is the preferred window manager of gnome
> so I am installing that now (or trying)... after it is installed, will I
> just be able to do a startx and it will load or do I have to change
> something somewhere to make gdm my default XServer?

gdm is the display manager (the login screen), not the window manager.
Sawfish is the preferred (or at least default) Gnome window manager.
Other Gnome-compliant WMs are fvwm2, icewm, blackbox, afterstep,
WindowMaker, and Enlightenment.

All window managers can be found in /usr/ports/x11-wm.

If you want to use gdm, edit /etc/ttys, and add the line:

ttyv8   "/usr/X11R6/bin/gdm -nodaemon"  xterm   on

You'll also want to make sure the following is in /etc/pam.conf:

gdm     auth            requisite       pam_unix.so     try_first_pass
gdm     account         requisite       pam_unix.so     try_first_pass
gdm     session         required        pam_permit.so

Joe

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