Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 19:25:06 +1000 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Bill=20Webster?= <squarms@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Gnome 2.6 Installation Message-ID: <20040608092506.40636.qmail@web90110.mail.scd.yahoo.com>
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Computer Uptime: 6:46PM up 1 day, 19:27, 3 users, load averages: 0.96, 0.94, 0.92 Computer Information: FreeBSD naaman.zazu.com 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jun 5 02:55:42 GMT 2003 root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 Computer Specs: Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 Pentium III 700MHz 128MB RAM 20G HDD I have recently made the decision to scrap dual booting and convert my PC into a Gnome-based FreeBSD desktop home computer. After attempting all the different scenarios suggested by the FreeBSD-Gnome docs to avoid going through the long process* of installing something as large as Gnome via ports, I had rebuilt my installation of FreeBSD approximately 6 times. Methods I had tried included pkg_add -r gnome2, which began downloading packages for gnome2.2 (already on my FreeBSD ISO), and the Gnome Tinderbox, which when using the 5.1-CURRENT PACKAGESITE was broken in many places. After my current rebuild, I had performed the cvsup procedure on my ports tree and began the process of building Gnome2.6 through ports. * "long process" - refers to my computer's uptime displayed at the beginning of this message is the running time of the building of the Gnome port (so far), factoring in multiple error corrections & research. At the time of writing, Mozilla is being built, which is a lengthy process in itself. My reasoning behind going to Gnome2.6 is: 1. I wanted the bleeding-edge. 2. I wanted the near bleeding-edge Xscreensaver. 3. I attempted to install Gnome2.2 off the ISO as part of the initial FreeBSD setup, which was very broken. Simple things like creating a user/group combination of gdm/gdm were left out of the initial installation. Although, this is not an example of it being broken, many other things were broken. I assumed that 5.1 FreeBSD would be adequately supported in the FreeBSD-Gnome Documentation and Gnome2.6 package setups. The aim of this message is to ask for basic testing to be performed and basic needs to be met when installing something as complex as Gnome. Please help to convert me from KDE ;) Naaman Campbell, Brisbane, Australia. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
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