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Date:      Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:13:01 -0600
From:      Jeremy Messenger <mezz.freebsd@gmail.com>
To:        Sean Cavanaugh <millenia2000@hotmail.com>
Cc:        Harry Veltman <harryveltman@verizon.net>, freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gnome won't start. HELP PLEASE!
Message-ID:  <CADLFttdnxRUGUX5fipHdTr1APAHr3d8JnoGpkewzAhQEsw3XFA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <BAY165-ds49474EA9364EEC96F255FCA5F0@phx.gbl>
References:  <000701cdcbde$290eb3a0$6501a8c0@harryveltman> <BAY165-ds49474EA9364EEC96F255FCA5F0@phx.gbl>

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On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Sean Cavanaugh
<millenia2000@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
>> gnome@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Harry Veltman
>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 8:59 AM
>> To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org
>> Subject: gnome won't start. HELP PLEASE!
>>
>> I installed FreeBSD-9.0-amd64-dvd1.iso, including every package on the
> DVD,
>> which includes GNOME and FIREFOX, but when I start FreeBSD and login, all
> I
>> get is a command line starting with #.  Why doesn't the GUI open?
>>
>
> Short answer, because you never told it to. FreeBSD is the operating system.
> Just because you have GNOME installed, you have not explicitly told it to
> launch it upon startup.
>
> To correct it, please read
> http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#full-gnome

...and please read
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html
too.



-- 
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FreeBSD GNOME Team
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