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From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
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Subject: Re: gnome2
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--On Wednesday, December 07, 2005 16:28:59 +0200 spen <espanop@gmail.com> 
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?

Edit /etc/ttys like this:
ttyv8   "/usr/X11R6/sbin/gdm -nodaemon" xterm   on  secure

And gnome will start when you boot.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
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