Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 11:13:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Louis J. LeBlanc" <FreeBSD@keyslapper.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome2 Message-ID: <20276.38.112.155.126.1133972025.squirrel@www.keyslapper.net> In-Reply-To: <A30FC36AF4B72FE152EC93FB@utd59514.utdallas.edu> References: <4396F1AB.7040603@gmail.com> <A30FC36AF4B72FE152EC93FB@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
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<quote who=3D"Paul Schmehl"> > --On Wednesday, December 07, 2005 16:28:59 +0200 spen <espanop@gmail.co= m> > wrote: > >> Hello all, >> I have installed freebsd 6.0 STABLE in an ACER laptop recently. I woul= d >> like to have gui, so I tried to install from the ports gnome2. >> I have *updated *my ports. >> I tried to run dm, gdm but none worked. >> When I run startx, x windows start but not gnome2. >> I have added to ~/.xsession the line /exec gnome-session /but still >> nothing >> happens. >> I haven't found around the mailing lists a problem like that. >> Does anybody have any idea about it? >> Am I doing anything wrong? > > Edit /etc/ttys like this: > ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/sbin/gdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure > > And gnome will start when you boot. > Actually, don't the docs suggest turning OFF ttyv8? IIRC, the more recen= t approach is to put "gdm_enable=3DYES" (or something similar) in /etc/rc.d= .=20 Check the pkg_message file in the port directory to be sure. I did try this recently (sometime in the last few weeks) but didn't have the time to devote to getting gdm/gnome2 to work right myself. I found kdm much easier to get right - though I can't quite get gnome working through it. Still, you can run enlightenment from kdm, as well as Fvwm2, KDE, etc. If I were more interested in the session management, rather than plain flexible window management, I'd probably try harder ... HTH Lou --=20 Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :=FE http://www.keyslapper.net =D4=BF=D4=AC
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