Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 15:37:17 -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: <20011220153438.X85844-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <001001c18995$59f363e0$0300a8c0@jayyness.com>
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On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Totally Jayyness wrote: > > 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 > > I installed Gnome via the /stand/sysinstall Configure Xserver and after I > had that running I did Configure Xclient and I chose Gnome+Sawfish. > > So maybe I just am not starting Gnome correctly. I was doing startx, which > launches twm, then I was doing /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session... and that is > where it would give me the incorrect windows manager. Do this. Create a ~/.xinitrc with the following: #!/bin/sh exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session Give this file 0700 permissions. Then, run startx. You should start right in Gnome with Sawfish. Joe > > So I need to run sawfish instead of twm, if I am reading what you wrote > correctly. > > If I am at the CLI and try to run /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session without > running startx first I get > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > SESSION_MANAGER=local/jbsd.ensynch.com:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2725 > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > So do I need to configure startx to launch sawfish instead of twm? > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > 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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