Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 04:02:01 -0700 From: Dolgan <dolgan2k@home.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome compliance and speed? Message-ID: <395B2CA9.7CF1FF68@home.com> References: <4402410.962264016458.JavaMail.imail@puffer>
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Actually, I don't think this is something that's impossible to fix.
Because it was fixed... twice.
Every time Netscape core dumps and I go back into X (Netscape crashing kills
X), it works *better* than Linux.
And it's not only a performance issue. Gnome thinks sawfish isn't
gnome-compliant - until Netscape core dumps, then it's fine.
So maybe something with some libraries or somesuch. I don't know enough to know
what it could be...
Rudynell Millian wrote:
> Dolgan;
>
> I understand you're new to FBSD. Welcome aboard. You can uninstall a port
> just like you would uninstall a package. Use pkg_delete. Also, you can
> update your ports collection with cvsup. Check the handbook for details.
> Unless you didn't install the documentation, you should have a copy of the
> handbook on your system (/usr/local/share/doc or something like that.) The
> bad news is that you need a web browser to read the handbook (html), but you
> can always use gnome itself for that.
>
> I'm having some problems with gnome too. The unfortunate truth is that you
> will never get gnome to work as well on FBSD as it does on Linux. The
> porting guys do their best, but until there's a commitment from the gnome
> folks themselves to be FBSD compatible, you're going to continue to see
> annoying problems. The same goes for KDE by the way. For example, I can't
> find gdm for FBSD. The last time I used kdm on FBSD it was broken due to
> some Linux specific dependencies. The authors of kdm think multiplatform
> means supporting Suse and RedHat.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Rudy
>
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 19:05:41 -0700, Dolgan wrote:
>
> > I installed it from the ports.
> >
> > However, that was an unupdated ports. But it was from the ports that I
> got
> > when I installed 4.0-STABLE. So how old could it be?
> >
> > I don't know how to update the ports file. You think I should reinstall
> from
> > a later ports file? Not quite sure how to delete the old Gnome if so.
> >
> > I installed both from ports, btw.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matt Heckaman" <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>
> > To: "Dolgan" <south_pole@penguinpowered.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 6:57 PM
> > Subject: Re: Gnome compliance and speed?
> >
> >
> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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> > >
> > > Question: Did you install GNOME/Sawfish from the ports? I do not use
> > > sawfish (I'm a windowmaker fan) but I often use various gnome
> applications
> > > (not to mention compiling gnome (minus panel) support into everything I
> > > can. (I really like Gnome) and I've never had a problem with anything
> > > here. We have virtually identical machines; Celeron 400 / 128MB /
> > > 4.0-STABLE (May 30 2000). Offhand, did you update the ports tree? (see
> > > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile)
> > >
> > > I don't know if that's much help, but we'll see. :)
> > >
> > > Matt
> >
> >
> >
> >
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