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Date:      Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:51:08 +0100
From:      Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>
To:        faisal gillani <fasi_74@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gnome desktop ?
Message-ID:  <20050123155108.1b18a157.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050123144425.51961.qmail@web51009.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <200501231049.49924.emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> <20050123144425.51961.qmail@web51009.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 06:44:25 -0800 (PST)
faisal gillani <fasi_74@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well i installed all the packages needed for gnome
> desktop , but when i startx a plain dull desktop
> manager comes , what can be wrong ?
> how to start gnome ?

In the absence of a .xinitrc the default wm is executed (twm). Just
create a .xinitrc file in your home dir that contains the following:

exec gnome-session

If you're using xdm/gdm then you should put that in .xsession

Cheers,
-- 
Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>
http://www.energyhq.es.eu.org
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