Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 06:06:23 -0700 From: "Totally Jayyness" <Jayyness@mindspring.com> To: "Joe Clarke" <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Gnome Woes Message-ID: <000a01c18a20$4ab53260$0300a8c0@jayyness.com> References: <20011220153438.X85844-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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This is what I am doing this time, which is what I should have done the FIRST time... since I wasn't that far into configuring my FreeBSD box, I started over. And this time I am going by what the FreeBSD Handbook says to do in setting up my Xserver and Client :) Didn't install the Xserver during setup as the Handbook says to wait and install it afterwords. That way I have Xfree-4 instead of 3.x... did that last night... onto the next step today. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Clarke" <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: "Totally Jayyness" <Jayyness@mindspring.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 1:37 PM Subject: Re: Gnome Woes > > > On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Totally Jayyness wrote: > > > > On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Totally Jayyness wrote: > > > > > > > Ok, am able to get Gnome started now (thanks for the help on that one) > > > > > > > > But when I do startx, then twm loads... then I load Gnome which does > > start > > > > after warning me that I am not using a Window Manager for Gnome. And > > after > > > > Gnome does start, my desktop is HUGE... my mouse won't go beyond the > > screen > > > > size but the windows that are open go WAY below my screen... > > > > > > How did you install Gnome? Gnome built from ports: > > > > > > # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome > > > # make all install clean > > > > I installed Gnome via the /stand/sysinstall Configure Xserver and after I > > had that running I did Configure Xclient and I chose Gnome+Sawfish. > > > > So maybe I just am not starting Gnome correctly. I was doing startx, which > > launches twm, then I was doing /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session... and that is > > where it would give me the incorrect windows manager. > > Do this. Create a ~/.xinitrc with the following: > > #!/bin/sh > exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session > > Give this file 0700 permissions. > > Then, run startx. You should start right in Gnome with Sawfish. > > Joe > > > > > So I need to run sawfish instead of twm, if I am reading what you wrote > > correctly. > > > > If I am at the CLI and try to run /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session without > > running startx first I get > > > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > SESSION_MANAGER=local/jbsd.ensynch.com:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2725 > > > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > > > So do I need to configure startx to launch sawfish instead of twm? > > > > > > > > Installs sawfish as the default Gnome window manager. You can always go > > > into the Gnome Control Center, and change the window manager there. > > > > > > > > > > > I did a man gnome and saw that gdm is the preferred window manager of > > gnome > > > > so I am installing that now (or trying)... after it is installed, will I > > > > just be able to do a startx and it will load or do I have to change > > > > something somewhere to make gdm my default XServer? > > > > > > gdm is the display manager (the login screen), not the window manager. > > > Sawfish is the preferred (or at least default) Gnome window manager. > > > Other Gnome-compliant WMs are fvwm2, icewm, blackbox, afterstep, > > > WindowMaker, and Enlightenment. > > > > > > All window managers can be found in /usr/ports/x11-wm. > > > > > > If you want to use gdm, edit /etc/ttys, and add the line: > > > > > > ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/gdm -nodaemon" xterm on > > > > > > You'll also want to make sure the following is in /etc/pam.conf: > > > > > > gdm auth requisite pam_unix.so try_first_pass > > > gdm account requisite pam_unix.so try_first_pass > > > gdm session required pam_permit.so > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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