Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 07:34:14 -0800 From: <dteske@FreeBSD.org> To: "'Polytropon'" <freebsd@edvax.de>, "'shane'" <shanelinlin@163.com> Cc: dteske@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: ask for help about installing the gnome or kde on freeBSD 10 Message-ID: <0e8e01cf2a63$62cf5ec0$286e1c40$@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20140215100346.3d63a0f5.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <c35ce05.1d8f.14433731124.Coremail.shanelinlin@163.com> <20140215100346.3d63a0f5.freebsd@edvax.de>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Polytropon [mailto:freebsd@edvax.de] > Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 1:04 AM > To: shane > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ask for help about installing the gnome or kde on freeBSD 10 > > On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:49:42 +0800 (CST), shane wrote: > > hi,dear, > > I'm sorry to bother you so much,but i failed to installing the > > gnome2 on freeBSD10 following the official handbook on internet,many > > differences come up to me .can you offer exact installing desktop > > system (gnome or kde) documentation to me , many thanks to you > > Can you explain what steps you've tried and where things started to break > (commands + output)? > > On the other hand, installing Gnome should be no problem since v10 where a > simple "pkg install" session should be sufficient. The configuration instructions > from the Handbook should still apply. > > To be honest, it's some time ago that I tried Gnome. My current preference for > the "almost full-blown desktop experience" has been LXDE. It installs nicely via > pkg, and only few configuration settings have to be made, mostly in relation to > X (HAL, dbus etc.). > [Devin Teske] Here's an optimized recipe for FreeBSD-10 that differs slightly from the handbook: pkg install -y gnome2 pkg install -y gdm X -configure cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf{,.bak} # Pedantic mv -f /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf sysrc gnome_enable=YES sysrc gdm_enable=YES printf "proc\t\t/proc\tprocfs\trw\t0\t0\n" >> /etc/fstab reboot Log in via GDM Start using Gnome Mind you, that's basically an optimization of what's in the handbook... here... http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html -- Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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