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. -- mezz.freebsd@gmail.com - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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