Date: 09 May 2003 12:34:24 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gnome2 installation gotcha Message-ID: <1052498064.313.12.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <20030509162452.070705D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <20030509162452.070705D04@ptavv.es.net>
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--=-eIYhls57Hl93hYe2tFcP Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 12:24, Kevin Oberman wrote: > I ran into a problem when upgrading one of my desktops from gnome 1.4 > to gnome 2.2. The install was fine until I got to gdm. It brings up the > security warning screen and, since I don't use gdm, I said to not > install it. It then terminated the gnome2 install with an error, leaving > much un-installed including xscreensaver, the user guide, fileroller and > many others. >=20 > While I noticed the problem immediately, I suspect gnome2 has often been > partially installed because of this. I know several of my co-workers who > had the Unix admin team install FreeBSD had this happen. (Why don't I > have screensaver?) Be sure to customize your gnome2 meta-port before installation. For example, it might be good to copy gnome2 to gnome2-lbnl, then modify the Makefile, and install that version of the port. That way, dependencies will be consistent for updates. Joe >=20 > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > _______________________________________________ > 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 --=-eIYhls57Hl93hYe2tFcP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+u9iQb2iPiv4Uz4cRAuV2AJ49FeNs71dC8604cuwPSkTbRbqg7gCdHusY D6OR8hUME3fGdNev+Oz/GGI= =iJEI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-eIYhls57Hl93hYe2tFcP--
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