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Date:      Mon, 12 Feb 2001 08:16:37 GMT
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
To:        "Matthew Brice" <mattbrice@gci.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: getting gnome working.
Message-ID:  <E14SEA1-000JWB-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net>

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> I have recently downloaded and installed FreeBSD for the first time.  I
> have used Linux for the last year or so, and am somewhat familiar with
> working in Unix-like environments, but am certainly no where near being
> a guru.  
> 
> My problem is this:  after doing the initial, basic install which
> included the X server - with the basic twm window manager - I decided to
> download and install Gnome.  But my question now is what configuration
> files do I need to add/modify to get gnome running when I type "startx"?
> Or is there a better way?  Any suggestions or comments would be helpful
> and appreciated.

You coudl try putting the following in ~/.xinitrc

exec gnome-session

Cliff




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