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Date:      Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:24:54 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Danny Browne <danny_browne@eircom.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Gnome 5th toe packages
Message-ID:  <20041115202454.GA67113@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20041115181002.C40EF43D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20041115181002.C40EF43D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 06:10:01PM +0000, Danny Browne wrote:

> Does the Gnome2 package need to be installed aswell as Gnome2-fifth-toe o=
r something?

Yes; the fifth-toe package contains *extra* gnome applications, and is
not required for gnome to work.

> Lastly (this may help you) BSD did not install X server when i installed =
the OS for some reason. so i installed it myself form the ports (XFree86-4)=
 is there possibly a confilct between this and the XF86-3 components Gnome =
seems to have insatlled? Or is there some other packages from X server that=
 need to be installed.=20

Nothing uses XFree86 3.x any more.  Under 4.x the default is to use
XFree86 4.x; under 5.x it is to use x-org 6.x.

Kris

P.S. Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so that your emails may be eas=
ily read.

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