Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:15:15 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r48105 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11 Message-ID: <201601272215.u0RMFFkL016270@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Wed Jan 27 22:15:14 2016 New Revision: 48105 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48105 Log: Add instructions on installing and enabling dbus and hal to the Gnome section. Pointed out by forum user oldrancher. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Wed Jan 27 18:26:02 2016 (r48104) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Wed Jan 27 22:15:14 2016 (r48105) @@ -1412,14 +1412,35 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0</scree <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen> - <para>For proper operation, <application>GNOME</application> + <para><application>GNOME</application> requires <filename>/proc</filename> to be mounted. Add this line to <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> to mount this file system automatically during system startup:</para> <programlisting>proc /proc procfs rw 0 0</programlisting> - <para>Once <application>GNOME</application> is installed, + <para><application>GNOME</application> also needs + <application>D-Bus</application> and + <application>HAL</application>. These applications provide a + message bus and hardware abstraction. They can be installed + from packages:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install dbus hal</userinput></screen> + + <para>or from the Ports Collection:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/devel/dbus</userinput> +&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput> +&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/sysutils/hal</userinput> +&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen> + + <para>Then enable both systems in + <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para> + + <programlisting>dbus_enable="YES" +hald_enable="YES"</programlisting> + + <para>After installation, configure <application>&xorg;</application> to start <application>GNOME</application>. The easiest way to do this is to enable the GNOME Display Manager,
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