From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 10:19:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC4191065672 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:19:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from siraj.shaikh@gmail.com) Received: from el-out-1112.google.com (el-out-1112.google.com [209.85.162.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E94F8FC21 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:19:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from siraj.shaikh@gmail.com) Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id v27so1521927ele.12 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:19:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=umahZlU9mXIt/Bxf0PJkIzljNhgaiw9JYijrqYDeqvc=; b=EDHzUMTK+620CLRaHUYQ9zgZgVQ37cHpsJ/HspQuQkqfFJfgYojhhNoJFqCgDrbfne1WNzlnl/rY08dGrctFxnv9vpA6cPrvUGlC1Jb9ZO/FNX5mJZpDMmvMadcY1yFdKN8RlQo/U9i9GcrSxuBq2ZAqcRUOKsqpSnKkZ/GFfx4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Gvlxa7P3CtuEgH3ocQeoAWamswHADB5ncYHIRt2SVZtgHK9Ck9G9O0M1jjMJVSPT/VzK62NsBjH/w72peQA8P47mclTTakQ2UWB6vAAKU05R8T+tZvxVaJThXnvKAjTmFrCsng8iFy605HKjJT1BJeqyOvJgIK3UYJz5rZdp3s4= Received: by 10.140.187.10 with SMTP id k10mr1102905rvf.86.1204712374220; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:19:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.140.162.17 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 02:19:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3b2ddd940803050219o546ce777k556abc69a413fe84@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:19:34 +0000 From: "Siraj Shaikh" To: "Outback Dingo" In-Reply-To: <5635aa0d0803050210y3323dda2s82205890872f22e1@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3b2ddd940803041441k6f059619ga1b2987aecd45007@mail.gmail.com> <20080305004756.GB87943@osiris.chen.org.nz> <3b2ddd940803050207x51cd64edh81b03870112fd3ad@mail.gmail.com> <5635aa0d0803050210y3323dda2s82205890872f22e1@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jonathan Chen Subject: Re: How to start Gnome2-lite X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:19:36 -0000 On 05/03/2008, Outback Dingo wrote: > vi `/.xinitrc > > paste > > exec gnome-session > > then :wq > > save the file, and startx > is that /.xinitrc ? or in my home directory, /root/.xinitrc ? > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:07 AM, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > > > > > On 05/03/2008, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:41:47PM +0000, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > > > I installed Gnome2-lite as a package. I then inserted the following > line > > > > > > > > gnome_enable="YES" > > > > > > > > in rc.conf > > > > > > > > and also inserted the line > > > > > > > > exec gnome-session > > > > > > > > in the xinitrc file. | type startx after this, but gnome desktop > > > > doesnt load up. Instead the usual x windows screen loads up. > > > > > > The "gnome-session" line needs to be in ${HOME}/.xinitrc, which also > > > needs to have permissions 700 at least. > > > > > > Cheers. > > > -- > > > Jonathan Chen > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity > > > -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > > > > SO if I log in as root, which I do, then this means that file will be > > in /root/ directory? But I cant find any .xinitrc file in root > > directory? WHat do I do? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >