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Date:      Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:32:27 +0800
From:      Volker Stolz <vs@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Suggestion for installation instructions
Message-ID:  <39C3C2BB-E841-472A-B922-9089888970EB@FreeBSD.ORG>

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Hi guys, I just walked a friend through a fresh FreeBSD 6.2 and GNOME  
installation.

May I suggest to add a note that after setting gnome_enable="YES" in  
rc.conf as per http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q1 you  
need to invoke the startup-script as root?
And rephrase "This will enable services such as GDM, HAL, D-BUS, and  
Avahi" to "...on subsequent system startups" (sounds awful, but will  
do and is precise). This is not obvious to people new to BSD.

I strongly suggest to move the gnome_enable bit in front of the  
section on "Make GNOME 2.18 start when X starts."

Volker

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