From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 23 15:15:38 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCA0C16A4CE for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:15:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.terralink.de (mail.tlink.de [217.9.16.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 876F543D41 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:15:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from me@daniel.stefan.haischt.name) Received: from smtp.abyssworld.de (daniel-s-haischt.biz [84.252.66.2]) by mail.terralink.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 542EEBD7EA; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:15:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from abyssone.abyssworld.de (smtp.abyssworld.de [192.168.1.6]) by smtp.abyssworld.de (Postfix) with SMTP id 5731F17D55; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:15:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from (localhost) [192.168.1.6] by abyssone.abyssworld.de with smtp (geam 0.8.4) for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:15:30 +0100 Received: from smtp.abyssworld.de ([127.0.0.1])port 10024) with ESMTP id 99851-07; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:15:30 +0100 (CET) Received-SPF: none (smtp.abyssworld.de: 192.168.1.6 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of daniel.stefan.haischt.name) client-ip=192.168.1.6; envelope-from=me@daniel.stefan.haischt.name; helo=[192.168.120.239]; Received: from [192.168.120.239] (smtp.abyssworld.de [192.168.1.6]) by smtp.abyssworld.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A775A17D4A; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:15:27 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <41F3BF8D.70501@daniel.stefan.haischt.name> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:15:25 +0100 From: "Daniel S. Haischt" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: de-DE, de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Miguel Mendez References: <200501231049.49924.emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> <20050123144425.51961.qmail@web51009.mail.yahoo.com> <20050123155108.1b18a157.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20050123155108.1b18a157.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Processed-By: GNU Anubis v4.0 X-Purified-With: DSPAM, Clam AntiVirus X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at abyssworld.de cc: faisal gillani cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome desktop ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: me@daniel.stefan.haischt.name List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:15:39 -0000 Another option would be to start the GNOME display manager (GDM) at boot time using /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh Miguel Mendez schrieb: > On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 06:44:25 -0800 (PST) > faisal gillani wrote: > > >>Well i installed all the packages needed for gnome >>desktop , but when i startx a plain dull desktop >>manager comes , what can be wrong ? >>how to start gnome ? > > > In the absence of a .xinitrc the default wm is executed (twm). Just > create a .xinitrc file in your home dir that contains the following: > > exec gnome-session > > If you're using xdm/gdm then you should put that in .xsession > > Cheers, -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen / With kind regards DAn.I.El S. Haischt Want a complete signature??? Type at a shell prompt: $ > finger -l haischt@daniel.stefan.haischt.name