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Subject: Re: gnome2
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spen wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have installed freebsd 6.0 STABLE in an ACER laptop recently. I
> would 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?
> --spen--
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If you wish to use "startx", then the "exec gnome-session" line should
*probably* be in ~/.xinitrc (at least, that's one way I used to do this).
Possibly more what you want is this in /etc/ttys:
ttyv0 "/usr/X11R6/bin/gdm" cons25 on secure
which should start gdm on ttyv0 after booting.
IIRC, the *proper* thing to do is to put the GNOME startup
script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/, make sure it's executable, etc.
But, it's been a while since I used GNOME, and development
may well have superseded my knowledge....
Kevin Kinsey
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