Date: 13 Aug 2002 22:48:17 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Parker Brown <phbrown@charter.net> Cc: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com>, BSDQuestions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: GNOME Message-ID: <1029293297.31254.3.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <3D599052.EEC21105@charter.net> References: <20020813175401.X29756-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> <3D599052.EEC21105@charter.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 19:03, Parker Brown wrote: > Actually, a dir named /usr/X11R6/etc/gdm exists, and is owned by uid:gid 91 > (not 92). This was apparently done for me at install time. Can you tell me > what 91 and 92 represent and relate to? 91 was the old uid:gid for gdm. This was already reserved by mailman, so I changed it to 92. If you install the _lastest_ gdm or gdm2, it will create a gdm user with uid:gid 92 if one does not already exist. It's safe to leave things as 91 if you're not using mailman. Joe > > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Parker Brown wrote: > > > > > Actually, I did that when I reinstalled 4.6 yesterday. Please help me here, > > > as I'm having problems understanding. GNOME seems to be installed, but I > > > can't find it. pkg_info says it's installed, but pkg_info -L hasn't a clue > > > where or what it is. Trying to run make in the ports packages predictably > > > says it's already installed, but even a successful make deinstall and make > > > reinstall leaves me with "so what's new?" > > > > > > On a hunch, I tried running gdm, but as user it says "only root wants to run > > > gdm." and as root it says it can't find a group or something like that. Can > > > editing something get me around this? > > > > You should have a gdm user and a gdm group on your system. This is done > > by gdm at install time. If the user or group is missing, you should > > create a user and group with uid:gid 92. The /usr/X11R6/etc/gdm directory > > should be owned by this user and group. > > > > GNOME can be started in one of two ways. You can either crank up gdm, or, > > if you're using startx, add: > > > > exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session > > > > As the last line of your ~/.xinitrc file. > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > Pb > > > > > > John Bleichert wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Parker Brown wrote: > > > > > > > > > Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 11:06:41 -0700 > > > > > From: Parker Brown <phbrown@charter.net> > > > > > To: BSDQuestions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > > > > Subject: GNOME > > > > > > > > > > Tried to install gnome using pkg_add sometime yesterday. pkg-add > > > > > couldn't find it (please see attachment "gnome.prob"). > > > > > > > > > > Then began a real nightmare --- I tried to install it from the ports > > > > > section. After just over three hours, the installation had gobbled up > > > > > some 280 Mb of disk space, so I stopped it, cleaned up what I could, and > > > > > went to bed. This morning I restarted it (only about 260 Mb available > > > > > this time). After just about precisely three hours the installation > > > > > aborted because it was "out of disk space." (please see attachment > > > > > "ROCKSOLIDDISKMANAGEMENT"). > > > > > > > > > > Installation requires more that six (6) hours and more that 500 Mb of > > > > > disk space? I've got a very fast cable connection, a Pentium II with > > > > > 192 Mb RAM, and a SCSI drive. > > > > > > > > > > Needless to say, I'll forget about gnome. But how about putting a > > > > > warning statement in /usr/ports/x11/gnome/pkg_comment in the future. > > > > > Really. > > > > > > > > > > Pb > > > > > > > > > > > > > Instead of building it from source, why not just install the packages from > > > > your CD, pre-built? > > > > > > > > /* > > > > * John Bleichert > > > > * syborg@stny.rr.com > > > > * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg > > > > */ > > > > > > -- > > > Pb > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc > > -- > Pb > > > > [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA9WcTxb2iPiv4Uz4cRAtCsAKCI+3cohmJvaItOyrpgb/IPcujbBQCePfld +7vznSuA032lo2jcyyYTIxY= =fYjx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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