From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 27 16:10:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5A2A1065672 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:10:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (marcuscom-pt.tunnel.tserv1.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:ffff::1279]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 825778FC16 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:10:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:2464::4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:2464::4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n1RGCL3F039384; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:12:22 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Ganesh Hegde In-Reply-To: <4e2e2a6c0902270559w5ab9a41ch84a46396198f60ce@mail.gmail.com> References: <4e2e2a6c0902270559w5ab9a41ch84a46396198f60ce@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-kPtodsu2E6oFi10NNMdT" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:11:05 -0500 Message-Id: <1235751065.3297.95.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.4 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to get the gdm started X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:10:44 -0000 --=-kPtodsu2E6oFi10NNMdT Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 19:29 +0530, Ganesh Hegde wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I would have preferred to title this post with "My adventures with gdm". = But > the subject line of this email will be useful for someone searching for > help. Gnome is a good desktop. >=20 > Well, I am not putting before you folk any kind of problem here. I am giv= ing > a solution that I discovered for the problem of trying to start gdm on my > computer. First a little introduction. Recently I downloaded the disc 1 o= f > the i386 7.0 Release version of freebsd. Then I installed the minimal > distribution from this disc. My goal was to have a good desktop so I deci= ded > to go for gnome. But, I read in the freebsd handbook that to run gnome, I > needed to install X.org system; so I installed the X.org application that > came with this disc. Then I installed gnome-lite using >=20 > pkg_add -r gnome-lite gnome2-lite does not include gdm. If you wanted the full GNOME distribution, you need to install gnome2. The gnome2-lite meta-port came about due to size constraints on the package CD. Some people prefer it, though, since they only want a taste of GNOME without all of the weight of the full Desktop. Joe >=20 > command in the terminal. >=20 > I wanted to have a login window showing up automatically at boot time and > that meant that gdm had to start at boot time. The freebsd handbook > mentioned that I had to stick the line >=20 > gdm_enable=3D"YES" >=20 > at the end of the file /etc/rc.conf. I did that and restarted my computer= , > but gdm failed to start. After some googling, I found in the page faq2.ht= ml > that I had to add the line >=20 > gnome_enable=3D"YES" >=20 > at the end of the file /etc/rc.conf. I removed the 'gdm_enable=3D"YES" an= d > added the previous line. But, gdm still failed to start. Then I added bot= h > the previous two lines in this order >=20 > gnome_enable=3D"YES" > gdm_enable=3D"YES" >=20 > I rebooted, but still gdm failed to start. I had a feeling that gdm was n= ot > installed even though the freebsd handbook claimed that gdm will be > automatically installed when gnome is installed. I tried installing gdm. >=20 > pkg_add -r gdm >=20 > I saw that gdm did get installed now. I rebooted by computer and I saw th= e > login window! I logged in and there was my gnome. >=20 > Hope this helps someone facing similar problem. >=20 > Warm Regards, >=20 > Gaura > ________________________ >=20 > Chant the Holy Names - Hare Krishna and be happy! > _______________________________________________ > 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 --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-kPtodsu2E6oFi10NNMdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkmoEJYACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4cKuACcDXrY6/1pRANW5v4uayCD+tAq hqwAn3T1zp/HrEuqXdBMqn1GHJgUisMu =ir0v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-kPtodsu2E6oFi10NNMdT--