Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:33:21 -0700 From: Frank Jahnke <jahnke@sonatabio.com> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Starting Gnome: rc.conf vs. .xinitrc (not newbie) Message-ID: <1159317201.850.74.camel@pinot.fmjassoc.com>
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I usually start Gnome from the console with startx/.xinitrc, and it has always worked as it should. Recently, I have helped a friend add Gnome 2.14.3 to a FreeBSD 6.1 box of unknown history. The Gnome install went fine, as did the sound and nVidia drivers (we wiped out all the installed ports first to clean it up a bit). The odd thing is that we are unable to start Gnome using .xinitrc with the same file that works for me: it just starts the standard X desktop Putting the gdm flag into rc.conf starts Gnome. Paths and permissions all seem correct. I can speculate as to what might be set incorrectly, but I thought I would ask here first. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Frank
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