Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 08:18:08 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: bob.middaugh@comcast.net (Bob Middaugh) Cc: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: starting GDM gets me an xterm, not the Gnome desktop Message-ID: <44zm4ceutb.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <050720071745.4210.463F65D30007AC4900001072220073747808099A0E0B0B0703D20D010D@comcast.net> (Bob Middaugh's message of "Mon\, 07 May 2007 17\:45\:55 %2B0000") References: <050720071745.4210.463F65D30007AC4900001072220073747808099A0E0B0B0703D20D010D@comcast.net>
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bob.middaugh@comcast.net (Bob Middaugh) writes: > Hi everyone, > I installed 6.2 and chose X-Developer for the distribution. After the install, but still in sysinstall, chose gnome from the packages. When gnome finished installing, I rebooted. I did startx as root and got the xterm, but when I typed gdm from the prompt, nothing happened. > > So, I went back into sysinstall and chose gdm(usually it gets installed as a D). After the gdm install, I did startx as root, got the xterm, typed gdm, got the gdm dialog box and logged in. Instead of getting the gnome desktop, I got an xterm session. This has never happened to me before, and I know I've been doing it this way since 6.1 for sure, but probably 6.0 as well. > > Does anyone have any insight as to why I'm not getting the gnome desktop? Don't start gdm with X already running. To start it automatically, use the rc.d script.
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