Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:32:46 +0200 From: "Karl Fischer" <kmf@fischer.org.za> To: "Joe Marcus Clarke" <marcus@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GNOME 2.22.3 PBI on PC-BSD 7.0.1 Message-ID: <f7fabe790810271232j11d55850oc8768c2be25a6fba@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <490611C5.2040003@freebsd.org> References: <f7fabe790810270627o5a8f9497r5708e6f3875cc3de@mail.gmail.com> <4905F6E5.2030900@freebsd.org> <f7fabe790810271056r18063eearf5d05d02911ee93c@mail.gmail.com> <490611C5.2040003@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 21:08, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> wrote: > Karl Fischer wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 19:14, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> Karl Fischer wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> Has anyone tested the GNOME PBI on PC-BSD 7.0.1 ? >>>> >>>> There are some issues regarding some menu items, >>>> Most of the issues and fixes are here : >>>> http://forums.pcbsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=11768 >>> I really don't want to page through multiple posts. Please summarize >>> the current outstanding issues with the PBI. >> >> I grabbed this out of the Forum, >> >> There are a bugs with the icons under >> "System" -> "Administration" >> they are >> - Add / Remove Software >> - Network Settings >> - Password & User Account >> - Service Manager >> >> None of them start, >> To fix this goto "System" -> "Preferences" - "Main Menu" >> Edit the entriesm, replace the "kcmshell" with "kcmshell4" and they'll work. > > Okay, this is a product of the KDE4 migration. I'll fix this. > >> >> They also have no icons, >> The KDE Menu is not populated with Applications, only with Installed >> PBIs like OpenOffice.(This could be fixed in 7.0.1) > > This is also due to the KDE4 migration. KDE4 is installed in a > different PREFIX, so this is expected. Any KDE3 app should appear in > this KDE menu. > >> >> Another bug, >> after the Installation your rc.conf entry for dbus and hald will look like this >> >> ##GNOME##dbus_enable="YES" >> >> just make sure that dbus_enable="YES" is on a new line. >> >> and >> >> the ##GNOME##hald_enable="YES" >> just make sure that hald_enable="YES" is on a new line. > > I don't buy this. The code puts the ##GNOME## text at the end of each > line which is added by the PBI. This only happens if you choose NOT to > enable GDM. If GDM is enabled, then gnome_enable="YES" will be added to > rc.conf. ALL the GNOME-related lines which existed in rc.conf BEFORE > the PBI is installed will be commented out with ##GNOME##. This is by > design. > > What answers did you give to the PBI prompts? > > Joe Hi Joe I always say "Yes" to use GDM as my display manager, I'll test again if you want. Karl -- -------------------------------------------------- Karl Fischer |_|0|_| "Absence of evidence |_|_|0| is not evidence of absence" |0|0|0| Carl Sagan - http://fischer.org.za - --------------------------------------------------
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