Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 20:22:58 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Bill Webster <squarms@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome 2.6 Installation Message-ID: <1086740578.28195.38.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20040608092506.40636.qmail@web90110.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20040608092506.40636.qmail@web90110.mail.scd.yahoo.com>
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--=-BwKzqVSidPVE1gkkM9zU Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 05:25, Bill Webster wrote: > Computer Uptime: 6:46PM up 1 day, 19:27, 3 users, > load averages: 0.96, 0.94, 0.92 >=20 > 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 >=20 > Computer Specs: > Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 > Pentium III 700MHz > 128MB RAM > 20G HDD >=20 > 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.=20 >=20 > 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. There is no 5.1 support for GNOME anymore (this is stated on the FreeBSD GNOME homepage), and the Tinderbox never supported 5.1. However, if you follow the instructions at http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q21, you should be able to get the 5.2.1 or -CURRENT packages just fine. >=20 > 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. >=20 > My reasoning behind going to Gnome2.6 is: > 1. I wanted the bleeding-edge. GNOME 2.6 is really not "bleeding-edge." It is the latest STABLE release of the GNOME Desktop. If you want true bleeding-edge, you will have to upgrade to GNOME 2.7. > 2. I wanted the near bleeding-edge Xscreensaver. Again, 4.16 is merely the latest. It is not development-quality code. > 3. I attempted to install Gnome2.2 off the ISO as part > of the initial FreeBSD setup, which was very broken.=20 > Simple things like creating a user/group combination > of gdm/gdm were left out of the initial installation.=20 > Although, this is not an example of it being broken, > many other things were broken. Yes, I know. This has since been fixed. >=20 > I assumed that 5.1 FreeBSD would be adequately > supported in the FreeBSD-Gnome Documentation and > Gnome2.6 package setups. =20 Nope. You need to be running 5.2.1 or -CURRENT to get GNOME 2.6 support. Since 5.X are early adopter releases right now, we are only supporting the latest 5.X version. However, both 4.9 and 4.10 are also supported. >=20 > 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. There is considerable testing put into GNOME on FreeBSD. I dare say that GNOME 2.6 is the most thoroughly tested release yet, and should install flawlessly from packages (especially on 4.10-RELEASE since that was the first version to ship with GNOME 2.6). One of our team members builds the desktop and all meta-ports at least once a day. The Tinderbox builds production-quality packages as components are updated.=20 If you follow all of the instructions, you shouldn't run into any problems. If you do run into problems, it really helps to read our bug reporting guide at http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/bugging.html, then report as many details as possible. Joe >=20 > Please help to convert me from KDE ;) >=20 >=20 > Naaman Campbell, > Brisbane, Australia. >=20 > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. > http://au.movies.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-BwKzqVSidPVE1gkkM9zU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAxlhib2iPiv4Uz4cRAjf0AJsGpb5Zty9vycpnf6nBN9CSJB2gIQCfSoz1 5S17AGv4IIrOx1Mnlv+Wp5Y= =Dtot -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-BwKzqVSidPVE1gkkM9zU--
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