From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 17 16:01:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1E54106564A for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:01:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F0578FC0A for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:01:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenq3 with SMTP id q3so973293yen.13 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:01:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=QT+O+k68sEeK2+BKaOIbRM7MhIu2CkLs9U8XcpKvqoA=; b=CmYUOwuIfKLpb7Oc5QnsZBptbF1SEH42osvZb4jsrx4epCnmxS4OmVWSDKoeQNOw6f 8fF/tCufqY1tZOTAxq2oIQ6vpSb9GiSah6d0qefiIYBduOwMSU3W1jVwaPdpzyTQI/BH EvqHiRRHKqzl05nMpzGBqa1hoAJDltEAnRiVc= Received: by 10.236.178.9 with SMTP id e9mr24316128yhm.77.1326816080963; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:01:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.103.53.27] ([205.172.172.132]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 32sm60930792ant.12.2012.01.17.08.01.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:01:19 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: OutbackDingo In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:01:16 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: David Walker X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using Gnome ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:01:22 -0000 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"