From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 8 06:59:58 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E378F106564A for ; Fri, 8 May 2009 06:59:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from martinsm@gn.apc.org) Received: from mail.gn.apc.org (mail.gn.apc.org [217.72.179.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79F808FC28 for ; Fri, 8 May 2009 06:59:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from martinsm@gn.apc.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.gn.apc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2D8936E959 for ; Fri, 8 May 2009 07:59:56 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.greennet.org.uk Received: from mail.gn.apc.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.gn.apc.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id fcpzSn0VGiWm for ; Fri, 8 May 2009 07:59:56 +0100 (BST) Received: from sqmail.gn.apc.org (n10.greennet.org.uk [217.72.179.10]) by mail.gn.apc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6E773526D9 for ; Fri, 8 May 2009 07:59:56 +0100 (BST) Received: from 80.177.154.53 (SquirrelMail authenticated user martinsm) by sqmail.gn.apc.org with HTTP; Fri, 8 May 2009 07:59:56 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <49246.80.177.154.53.1241765996.squirrel@sqmail.gn.apc.org> In-Reply-To: <1241758640.66180.88.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <50220.80.177.154.53.1241731497.squirrel@sqmail.gn.apc.org> <1241758640.66180.88.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 07:59:56 +0100 (BST) From: "Martin Smith" To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.10 [CVS] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Re: gnome on current questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 06:59:59 -0000 > On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 22:24 +0100, Martin Smith wrote: >> I have installed a current system, updated to about a week ago and built >> from source gnome2, which after sorting out a couple glitches is now >> installed, but there seem to be a few anomalies and I am wondering >> whether >> these are due to it being current rather than stable, or has something >> wierd happened to my installation. I did think the compile was pretty >> quick, but maybe I wrongly remembered how long it took last time I did >> it, >> about a year ago. >> >> GDM does not appear like the gdm I am used to seeing, more like a >> somewhat >> slicker version of xdm from about 8 years ago, and it allows root logins >> by default, which I am certain gdm never did. It offers the possibility >> to >> set up a keyboard and language, but actually does not, and appears as a >> small box against what is the green default desktop background >> >> There is no option to shut down or restart from the system menu on the >> desktop, only to log out. >> >> None of the items in the system > administration menu are functional, >> they >> all claim not be compatible with the operating system I am running, >> listing fbsd up to 7 only. > > Updating these tools to work properly on FreeBSD is currently on the > projects list. We need a volunteer to do the work. I am sorry I do not have the appropriate skills for that > >> >> So is this par for the course with current or has something gone awfully >> wrong with my installation? > > Make sure you have /proc mounted. I will organise that later today, many thanks. -- Martin