From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 19 04:46:16 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A85516A4CE for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 04:46:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from metroid.prideindesign.com (netblock-66-159-250-220.dslextreme.com [66.159.250.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8FC543D31 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 04:46:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joshua.lewis@prideindesign.com) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (netblock-66-159-250-221.dslextreme.com [66.159.250.221]) by metroid.prideindesign.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74A03AC81C for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:47:59 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913 Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:46:10 -0700 From: Joshua Lewis To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: gnome2 over an ssh2 connection X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 04:46:16 -0000 I connect to my FreeBSD system from a PowerBook and was wondering (mostly for fun) if I can run Gnome2 or KDE or something within a Terminal connection on my PowerBook. I can manage my FreeBSD system fine from a CLI but thought it would be fun to run Gnome or KDE. Is what I am mentioning even feasible? Right now after following the handbook for installing gnome2 (5.7.1.2 Installing GNOME) I startx and get an error Fatal server error: xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O. If I am just loony let me know otherwise if what I am trying to do is feasible I will ask the gnome mailing list.