From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Nov 27 9:12: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from femail40.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail40.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.254.60.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A36437B405 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:12:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.lakwod3.co.home.com ([24.6.228.202]) by femail40.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20011127171155.LLYT13383.femail40.sdc1.sfba.home.com@localhost.lakwod3.co.home.com> for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:11:55 -0800 In-reply-to: <200111261450.fAQEoNh09536@blrnd2.bplnet.com>; from santhosh.joseph@bplnet.com on Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 08:23:15PM +0530 Subject: Re: sysinstall hangs on installing Gnome Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit References: <20011125124950.A8169@hostwiththemost> <200111261450.fAQEoNh09536@blrnd2.bplnet.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: Sean LeBlanc X-mda: Mail::Internet Mail::Sendmail Sendmail +mmhack 1.1 on Linux Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-version: 1.0 User-agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Content-disposition: inline Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:18:31 -0700 Message-id: <20011127101831.A837@hostwiththemost> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 11-26 20:23, Santhosh Joseph wrote: > On Mon 26 Nov 01 01:19, you wrote: > > Installation of GNOME is just hanging on sysinstall. I'm trying to install > I too had this problem. I found a work-around by forcefully installing GNOME > AFTERWARDS, > > i.e first install KDE and complete the FBSD installation process. then > > 1. mount the instllation cd > 2. Go to Gnome directory in the CD and type > pkg_add -f gnome-1.4.... > The -f forces the installation. Ignore the error message > > 3. add > exec gnome-session to .xinitrc > > 4. startx and enjoy ! > > Reply if it worked. It might help others! I tried what you suggested; it seemed to work. I managed to hose up both GNOME and KDE since then, though - KDE is running GNOME as well, now, since I started up a GNOME app, and KDE saved that config when I quit. Now I don't know how to stop GNOME toolbars from starting with KDE....it's really obnoxious. Then, I changed to GNOME, and tried to change to Enlightenment (I installed Enlightenment) instead of twm. When I exited and ran startx, I get blank screen with nothing, when I use GNOME. So I'm back to KDE for now (with the annoying GNOME toolbars I don't know how to get rid of). In any case, thanks for the help, and yes it worked. I got errors about a package named rep and ... (can't remember other package name), but when I ran it again, it said "this package already installed". -- Sean LeBlanc:seanleblanc@home.com Yahoo:seanleblancathome ICQ:138565743 MSN:seanleblancathome AIM:sleblancathome Strange as it seems, my life is based on a true story. -Ashleigh Brilliant Management QOTD:Stop beating around the bush on the problem resolution!! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message