Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:01:16 -0500 From: OutbackDingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com> To: David Walker <davidianwalker@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using Gnome ... Message-ID: <CA9606D0-D205-4847-8DE5-C6846B68D200@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CABE=bRM%2BJdUui0eHUngLTpD%2BNknX99H8CvevxvVJmcupC5s5ug@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABE=bRM%2BJdUui0eHUngLTpD%2BNknX99H8CvevxvVJmcupC5s5ug@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jan 17, 2012, at 10:17 AM, David Walker wrote: > A colleague and I were talking about operating systems and I said, hey > lets install FreeBSD and see what Gnome looks like. > I did an install at work but ran out of time so I brought another > machine home but I'm having trouble. >=20 > I burnt an ISO of 9.0 and installed it. >=20 > I did a pkg_add ... > # pkg_add -r gnome2 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q1 >=20 > I tried to enable Gnome by editing /etc/rc.conf ... > gdm_enable=3D"YES" > gnome_enable=3D"YES" > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#full-gnome > Note the difference there. >=20 > If I reboot I get a message to the console that gdm is starting but it > goes to a console login. >=20 > Is there anything else I need to do? >=20 Your x configuration probably isn't right, make sure you have the x = video drivers installed and configure X manually if possible, auto = detection might have failed. > Best wishes. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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