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Date:      Thu, 28 Jan 2016 22:22:19 +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: r48109 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11
Message-ID:  <201601282222.u0SMMJbq040923@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: wblock
Date: Thu Jan 28 22:22:19 2016
New Revision: 48109
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48109

Log:
  Remove the installation instructions for dbus and hal from the Gnome
  section.  They are installed as dependencies.

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	Thu Jan 28 02:09:41 2016	(r48108)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml	Thu Jan 28 22:22:19 2016	(r48109)
@@ -1419,23 +1419,13 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort:     0</scree
 
       <programlisting>proc           /proc       procfs  rw  0   0</programlisting>
 
-      <para><application>GNOME</application> also needs
+      <para><application>GNOME</application> uses
 	<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>
+	<application>HAL</application> for a
+	message bus and hardware abstraction.  These applications are automatically
+	installed as dependencies of <application>GNOME</application>.
+	Enable them in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> so
+	they will be started when the system boots:</para>
 
       <programlisting>dbus_enable="YES"
 hald_enable="YES"</programlisting>
@@ -1457,7 +1447,7 @@ hald_enable="YES"</programlisting>
 
       <programlisting>gnome_enable="YES"</programlisting>
 
-      <para><application>GDM</application> will now start
+      <para><application>GDM</application> will start
 	automatically when the system boots.</para>
 
       <para>A second method for starting



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