From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 28 18:13:08 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5A70235 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:13:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mezz.freebsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vb0-f53.google.com (mail-vb0-f53.google.com [209.85.212.53]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 765958FC08 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:13:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vb0-f53.google.com with SMTP id b23so10869632vbz.40 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:13:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=t4FYfXtQ3Tr98YfipqYIu02wI9+tRHdQStssel/J4VE=; b=OcI+rcPWhbaoWlGl3YuvpyXPz1g98deOV0FpuyRmR/CwPoA2weLOi/fBkrfsMA+sgg Wfbh6H+18LKrOS+uEhLODPbxTgKRXCW6VLn5NBTYTlaVuA01NWZSWY5MzbU1DTjhgEeM hR3Si38LeaD2OIXpJ24kK9hrqjqa+uMrBgKUc7AWhKqOkQ0wwZa0CCgqslowDTc82EBj hHjL4po6gZDRzAdz3tjO5faauOkIYFlAvXElXkeQjWfRR3yhx2esvetsvF8h+5g3o6Bu zCXWN4veV8Ycp7SZDINBDamN2doP48izNAUNK4r342xaBpRHzQdr01o33XGQpDODY/7M ezvQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.150.210 with SMTP id z18mr52021458vcv.2.1356718381471; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:13:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.58.189.36 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:13:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <000701cdcbde$290eb3a0$6501a8c0@harryveltman> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:13:01 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: gnome won't start. HELP PLEASE! From: Jeremy Messenger To: Sean Cavanaugh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Harry Veltman , freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:13:08 -0000 On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Sean Cavanaugh wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- >> gnome@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Harry Veltman >> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 8:59 AM >> To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org >> Subject: gnome won't start. HELP PLEASE! >> >> I installed FreeBSD-9.0-amd64-dvd1.iso, including every package on the > DVD, >> which includes GNOME and FIREFOX, but when I start FreeBSD and login, all > I >> get is a command line starting with #. Why doesn't the GUI open? >> > > Short answer, because you never told it to. FreeBSD is the operating system. > Just because you have GNOME installed, you have not explicitly told it to > launch it upon startup. > > To correct it, please read > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#full-gnome ...and please read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html too. -- mezz.freebsd@gmail.com - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org