From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 22 07:16:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DDE516A4F6 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:16:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay8-dav25.bay8.hotmail.com [64.4.26.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F058D43D53 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:16:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from icbowers@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:16:33 -0700 Received: from 66.149.55.234 by bay8-dav25.bay8.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:16:33 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [66.149.55.234] X-Originating-Email: [icbowers@hotmail.com] X-Sender: icbowers@hotmail.com From: "Ian Bowers" To: Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:16:25 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Apr 2004 14:16:33.0945 (UTC) FILETIME=[6A63A890:01C42874] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: newbie question: Gnome 2.6 upgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:16:34 -0000 I finally came to my senses and got a copy of FreeBSD about a week ago. = I'm very compitent in window$ and DOS, and wanted to start in on = something new. I've been toying with BSD for a while and I'm getting to = know my way around. =20 I'm having trouble upgrading to gnome 2.6. I had gnome 2.4 installed = and running just fine. I cvsup'd with the ports-supfile, and ran the = gnome_upgrade.sh file. It pondered the meaning of life until well after = I left for work. When I came home, I saw it was at the login prompt. = There were some messages that I assume have to deal with renewing DHCP = leases with my cable modem, but I logged in as normal. there was = nothing indicating a troubled install. =20 Since running cvsup and the upgrade, I can't run startx like I used to. = It used to run regardless of what directory I was in, and now I have to = be in /usr/X11R6/bin to run it. when I run it, I get the same message = as usual that says it can't contact some host server and I ned to add a = line into my /etc/hosts file. I've always gotten that one, even when = 2.4 was running perfectly smoothly. a terminal window comes up right = away after that message when gnome starts as it begins loading it's = components at the splash screen. it hangs on "window manager" but = eventually gets to the desktop with the terminal window still open. I = can't run any applications at all. it says that the indicated file is = nowhere to be found. I can run the files, epiphany for example, from = the terminal window and they run just fine as far as I can tell. =20 I'm sure there's some painfully obvious thing I haven't done, but I = can't tell what it is. I've followed the upgrade instructions to the = letter, but apaprently I'm not cool enough to pull it off. sorry for = the longwindedness.