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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 11:58:08 +0400
From: Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com>
To: Lawrence Petrykanyn <lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: Gnome2 Hangs at Splash Screen
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On 6/25/05, Lawrence Petrykanyn <lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hi!
>=20
>             I can't seem to get Gnome2 to work.  I installed FreeBSD 5.4
> from scratch, installed Xorg (it works fine, I can get into Xterm) and ra=
n
> CVS (for both source and ports) and portupgrade several times.   When I t=
ry
> to "startx" either as root or as a user, I get the initial Gnome 2.10 Spl=
ash
> Screen but nothing else.  The mouse works fine.  When I Ctl+Alt+Backspace=
 to
> get out, there are no error messages.  I did a "make deinstall" for Gnome=
2,
> then a "make install clean" but nothing changed.
>=20
>             I have googled this but have found nothing.  Any advice,
> suggestions or comments would be appreciated.

How does your .xinitrc file look like?

--=20
Dmitry

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