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Subject: Re: gnome on freebsd-4,6rc
From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
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On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 11:34, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
> > Date: 03 Jun 2002 21:17:33 -0400
> > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG
> >=20
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> > On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 21:11, Fabio Miranda wrote:
> > > hi, i have a fresh instalation of freebsd-4.6 and
> > > gnome, i would
> > > like to know:
> > > 1. What should i add to .xinirc to make gnome the
> > > default window manager?
> >=20
> > exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session
>=20
> While this is the answer I almost always see, I really think that in
> many cases a better answer would be:
>=20
> exec /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session
>=20
> If you don't use ssh (this should be an empty set, of course), it has
> no significant impact. If you do, it makes the use of ssh-add much
> easier and global to all processes started in the session.
>=20
> I know this is not unusual, but I have never actually seen a
> recommendation to do it routinely. Is there any reason not to?

I usually recommend the former because it's simpler, and it answers the
direct question.  Of course, you are right, for SSH users the latter is
a good choice.

Joe

>=20
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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