From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 10:23:51 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 56E841065670 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:23:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from po-out-1718.google.com (po-out-1718.google.com [72.14.252.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FDF78FC39 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:23:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: by po-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id y22so1385141pof.3 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:23:50 -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:references; bh=ijVBb5HKvbboE8QEOu6iqbQFS9qSvY2qAVO2hsprpMY=; b=fp/Ee3PinydctoK6qfsdZAQLs8Uc3j4TzzI9U+ZXW6pFYhCr4NrfaqNTfKEnKNgcpdeFD5H+7luVXDmRw6rEQ4dwZei4WRc8yFRoD6KcK3OVTwzOMSluxKdiaREI5e4fsnfIiT7I27JYmPXv+xh9V7OmQRDapukIQxzpppcC5IQ= 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:references; b=nejAlCP7rcN0ZRhgthpgugyPSf9l9DkuEhr/p4ceiYDswxzeTsTZfduRNSWHjZMVCOhuiw9S1atMt9BBWFlG62rTxhndFiDSnlQStOJp3Tqbs7H8NJgSFagOMtk7j4WFz0Pxxqg1hEFRrk9PCblwqMZGjt30Rxg31S3PIU219TE= Received: by 10.110.11.10 with SMTP id 10mr264223tik.42.1204712629873; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:23:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.110.5.3 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 02:23:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5635aa0d0803050223v41277e95l3426849cbfe290b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 05:23:49 -0500 From: "Outback Dingo" To: "Siraj Shaikh" In-Reply-To: <3b2ddd940803050219o546ce777k556abc69a413fe84@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3b2ddd940803041441k6f059619ga1b2987aecd45007@mail.gmail.com> <20080305004756.GB87943@osiris.chen.org.nz> <3b2ddd940803050207x51cd64edh81b03870112fd3ad@mail.gmail.com> <5635aa0d0803050210y3323dda2s82205890872f22e1@mail.gmail.com> <3b2ddd940803050219o546ce777k556abc69a413fe84@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 10:23:51 -0000 notice i typed ~/.xinitrc not /.xinitrc see the "~" the ~/ means your home diretcory ie /root if your logged in as root and you typed cd ~/ it would cd you into /root if you were logged in as siraj and you typed cd ~/ it would cd you into /home/siraj ... follow...? so vi ~/.xinitrc On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:19 AM, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > 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" > > > > > > > >