Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:30:01 +0200 From: "Jordi Carrillo" <jordilin@gmail.com> To: "Shane Ambler" <Shane@007marketing.com> Cc: justin@pcmedicsite.com, FreeBSD Mailing Lists <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Gnome 2 - Fuzziness Message-ID: <94ff3700609050930r79e7379at8222ad3c0b7e1aa4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <C123CC31.4C6F2%Shane@007Marketing.com> References: <000001c6d0ef$1fec0340$6b08a8c0@pcmoperations> <C123CC31.4C6F2%Shane@007Marketing.com>
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You can run kde apps within gnome as well. I have Gnome and I can run perfectly k3b. As for fuzziness in the gdm login screen, it is most probably due to the screen resolution. Set your default in the xorg.conf file. 2006/9/5, Shane Ambler <Shane@007marketing.com>: > > On 5/9/2006 22:58, "Justin" <justin@pcmedicsite.com> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > Installed FreeBSD 6.1R on a clean system over the weekend, and installed > the > > gnome2 port from the ports tree (after cvsup'ing). Everything installed > > great, no errors. Ran the xorg configure from the handbook, went over > good, > > background and cursor came up sharp. So, I enabled gdm, and > rebooted. Once > > rebooted, X started, which the cursor was crisp, but when the Gnome > login > > window appeared, it was very fuzzy. I could barely make out the window. > > > > Is there some configuration step I missed in gnome or X? Where would be > a > > good start to read up on Gnome? And finally, is there a better full "X > > desktop" to use? > > Personally I have always preferred KDE. The full KDE package also includes > KOffice and a large range of apps. > > One good thing I like is KDE will run the gnome apps but gnome won't run > KDE > apps. > So you don't loose out on any choices with KDE. > > It is in ports at /usr/ports/x11/kde3, but you may want to get hold of the > pre-built package and install from that. > > > -- > > Shane Ambler > Shane@007Marketing.com > > Get Sheeky @ http://Sheeky.Biz > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- http://jordilin.wordpress.com
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