Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:36:01 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> To: Karl Fischer <kmf@fischer.org.za> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GNOME 2.22.3 PBI on PC-BSD 7.0.1 Message-ID: <49061821.2070102@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <f7fabe790810271232j11d55850oc8768c2be25a6fba@mail.gmail.com> References: <f7fabe790810270627o5a8f9497r5708e6f3875cc3de@mail.gmail.com> <4905F6E5.2030900@freebsd.org> <f7fabe790810271056r18063eearf5d05d02911ee93c@mail.gmail.com> <490611C5.2040003@freebsd.org> <f7fabe790810271232j11d55850oc8768c2be25a6fba@mail.gmail.com>
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Karl Fischer wrote: > 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, If you said Yes, you should have all of the avahi, hal, dbus, etc. lines commented out, but you should have a line: gnome_enable="YES" ##GNOME## Is this not the case? Joe -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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