Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:58:32 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> To: Tom Cloutier <tomasc@pacbell.net> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Desperately need some success Message-ID: <4CD437B8.5040500@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4CD399BC.7000602@pacbell.net> References: <4CD399BC.7000602@pacbell.net>
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On 11/5/10 1:44 AM, Tom Cloutier wrote: > Admittedly I am a rank amateur when it comes to FreeBSD. I have spent > hours trying to get 8.1 with gnome installed. By way of contrast, the > installation of PCBSD went flawlessly and took about an hour. > Unfortunately, I don't want to run KDE or PCBSD. > > At this point I can boot to the green leaf of death with a FreeBSD8.1 > splash screen displayed and a toolbar at the bottom with the Access, > clock, and shutdown icons displayed. The Access tools work, but shutdown > does not. I can change the text message under the icon in splash screen > by clicking with mouse. > > What do you suggest? It seems I am close, but surer would like to get > beyond endless installation trials. First, make sure procfs is mounted on /proc. This is a biggie. Nothing will work until that happens. Once you do that, go ahead and reboot, then see if the problems persist. Joe -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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