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Date:      Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:44:07 -0600
From:      John McAree <freebsd@mcaree.org>
To:        "freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org" <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: After make install clean gnome is not starting.
Message-ID:  <1064281255.605.2.camel@avenger.telusman.com>
In-Reply-To: <3F6F9BFA.2000700@verizon.net>
References:  <3F6F9BFA.2000700@verizon.net>

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Hi,

On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 19:03, Alden Louis-Pierre wrote:
> I'm running FreeBSD 4.8 and I decide to install gnome 2.4 from the ports 
> collection.  I've followed the instructions that was provided.
> 
> # echo WITH_FAM= yes >> /etc/make.conf
<snip>
> I'm presented with the generic window of xfree.  I checked in my cd ~ 
> directory and I noticed I have no .gnome files.  Would someone be kind 
> enough to point me to the right direction/document.  I'm currently using 
> www.freebsd.org/gnome as my source of reference.

Try 'echo /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session > ~/.xinitrc', then 'startx'
again. That should get you running Gnome.

Regards,

John.




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