Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:07:55 +0000 From: "Siraj Shaikh" <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> To: "Jonathan Chen" <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to start Gnome2-lite Message-ID: <3b2ddd940803050207x51cd64edh81b03870112fd3ad@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080305004756.GB87943@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <3b2ddd940803041441k6f059619ga1b2987aecd45007@mail.gmail.com> <20080305004756.GB87943@osiris.chen.org.nz>
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On 05/03/2008, Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:41:47PM +0000, Siraj Shaikh wrote:
> > I installed Gnome2-lite as a package. I then inserted the following line
> >
> > gnome_enable="YES"
> >
> > in rc.conf
> >
> > and also inserted the line
> >
> > exec gnome-session
> >
> > in the xinitrc file. | type startx after this, but gnome desktop
> > doesnt load up. Instead the usual x windows screen loads up.
>
> The "gnome-session" line needs to be in ${HOME}/.xinitrc, which also
> needs to have permissions 700 at least.
>
> Cheers.
> --
> Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity
> -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
>
SO if I log in as root, which I do, then this means that file will be
in /root/ directory? But I cant find any .xinitrc file in root
directory? WHat do I do?
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