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Date:      Sat, 9 Feb 2002 21:47:19 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de>
To:        Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
Cc:        Andrey Simonenko <simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua>, FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Starting Linux apps from gnome menu
Message-ID:  <20020209214455.D40668-100000@pukruppa.de>
In-Reply-To: <1013273343.35972.0.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>

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On 9 Feb 2002, Joe Clarke wrote:

> On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 09:12, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote:
> > On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Andrey Simonenko wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de>
> > > Newsgroups: lucky.freebsd.questions
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 8:03 AM
> > > Subject: Starting Linux apps from gnome menu
> > >
> > >
> > > > Does anybody remember which gnome option I have to change when I
> > > > want to start Linux apps (netscape, opera, staroffice, mupad
> > > > ...) from gnome menu?
> > > >
> > >
> > > I'm not sure that you have to do something with Gnome.
> > > Instead you should enable Linux compatibility mode
> > > in your kernel.
> > Probably my question wasn't quite clear. I *can* start these
> > apps, but only from xterm commandline not from the Gnome menu.
> > I know for sure there was some way to fix this, but I don't
> > remember what it was.
>
> Have a look at the FAQ under http://www.marcuscom.com/gnome.  Your
> answer is there.  Hopefully this site will be joining FreeBSD.org soon.
Yes! For the records:
I had to install /usr/ports/X11/linux-xalf . Now everything works
fine.

Thanx Joe!

>
> Joe
>
> >
> > Uli.
> >
> >
> > *-----------------------------------*
> > *        Peter Ulrich Kruppa        *
> > *          -  Wuppertal -           *
> > *              Germany              *
> > *-----------------------------------*


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