From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 11:11:30 2008 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 A7BE1106564A for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 11:11:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 376498FC1A for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 11:11:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JvsPl-0007Hi-D3; Tue, 13 May 2008 12:11:25 +0100 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id m4DBBO0b028182; Tue, 13 May 2008 12:11:25 +0100 Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 970A1FCA4AF; Tue, 13 May 2008 12:11:19 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:11:19 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: Novembre Message-ID: <20080513111119.GA30907@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Novembre , FreeBSD Questions , freebsd-x11@freebsd.org References: <3b47caa90804271426k27cbfdffhaf516c9119ac2c07@mail.gmail.com> <3b47caa90805111219y8ef4247o7d7489a23f932bb4@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3b47caa90805111219y8ef4247o7d7489a23f932bb4@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Tue, 13 May 2008 12:11:25 +0100 (BST) Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Compiz Fusion brings all Gnome with itself X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:11:30 -0000 On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 02:19:29PM -0500, Novembre wrote: > > Hi, > > I've installed Compiz Fusion on my machine using packages. Installing it > from ports was unsuccessful since it needs gio-fam-backend which in turn > needs glib-2.16.3 to be installed. I don't really want to update my glib > since I don't know if I need to update all my system (or at least those > packages which depend on it) as well or not after updating glib (I just > didn't want to take the risk). Anyhow, installing Compiz Fusion from ports > brought with it all Gnome: > [snip] > > especially, 'ps -ax' now shows these two processes running: > ------------- > 865 ?? I 0:00.15 /usr/local/libexec/gconfd-2 14 > 876 ?? I 0:00.03 gnome-pty-helper > ------------- > > How can I stop them from running when I start X? And how can I remove all > these useless Gnome packages that I won't use? Do I need to update > everything that depends on it if I decide to update glib? > > Thanks a lot :) You *might* be able to build compiz-fusion without all those gnome packages by: # cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/compiz-fusion # make config and unticking the gconf option and then building it. If I was in your position, I'd leave it unless you're short of disk space or other resources eg. cpu, ram. Gnome is pretty much essential if you're going to use X a lot since a lot of things depend on it. Although, if you're running KDE & associated apps you might be able to get away without it. glib is just another port/package ie. not part of the base system and you can add/update it without any ill-effects. Check /usr/ports/UPDATING first though, as you always should before adding/upgrading ports/packages. HTH. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html