Date: 04 Jun 2002 13:31:09 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Fabio Miranda <fmirand@yahoo.com>, freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gnome on freebsd-4,6rc Message-ID: <1023211869.39850.3.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20020604153454.B52635D03@ptavv.es.net> References: <20020604153454.B52635D03@ptavv.es.net>
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--=-fNrULMRuixcGUxOP76hO Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 11:34, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> > > Date: 03 Jun 2002 21:17:33 -0400 > > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG > >=20 > >=20 > > --=3D-Z120ey8w2xwGynFM505z > > Content-Type: text/plain > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >=20 > > On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 21:11, Fabio Miranda wrote: > > > hi, i have a fresh instalation of freebsd-4.6 and > > > gnome, i would > > > like to know: > > > 1. What should i add to .xinirc to make gnome the > > > default window manager? > >=20 > > exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session >=20 > While this is the answer I almost always see, I really think that in > many cases a better answer would be: >=20 > exec /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session >=20 > If you don't use ssh (this should be an empty set, of course), it has > no significant impact. If you do, it makes the use of ssh-add much > easier and global to all processes started in the session. >=20 > I know this is not unusual, but I have never actually seen a > recommendation to do it routinely. Is there any reason not to? I usually recommend the former because it's simpler, and it answers the direct question. Of course, you are right, for SSH users the latter is a good choice. Joe >=20 > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 >=20 --=-fNrULMRuixcGUxOP76hO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA8/Plcb2iPiv4Uz4cRApB1AKCp/CRMQyLmMRa+qVS2Oozbyl0/swCdEv1x OidENU5ScuIzFph8WmUzwtE= =J9Za -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-fNrULMRuixcGUxOP76hO-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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