Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:17:09 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: jdc@fire-star.com Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome 2.10 Won't Start Message-ID: <opso4kqvho9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <57326.198.97.67.58.1113314007.squirrel@www.onewizard.com> References: <57326.198.97.67.58.1113314007.squirrel@www.onewizard.com>
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:53:27 -0400 (EDT), J.D. Carroll, Jr. <jdc@fire-star.com> wrote: > Current Configuration: > > FreeBSD 5.4 RC2 > Gnome 2.10 > > I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 RC2 and gnome 2.10, did the port upgrade, > the Xorg.conf and the host file to get gnome to start. I also created the > ~.xinitrc file and in it the command exec gnome-session. ~/.xinitrc, you have to be in the same user when you create ~/.xinitrc. If done by different user, then do the full path like /home/user/.xinitrc. > Now my problem : > > When I type startx Gnome does not start just the basic X window > manager. > But if I start an X-Term and type exec gnome-session I can get gnome to > start within that X-Term. > > Can someone please help me get it so when I type startx that gnome > starts and not the default Xwindow manager. > > Thank you. > > DR -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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