Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:19:34 +0000 From: "Siraj Shaikh" <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> To: "Outback Dingo" <outbackdingo@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Subject: Re: How to start Gnome2-lite Message-ID: <3b2ddd940803050219o546ce777k556abc69a413fe84@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5635aa0d0803050210y3323dda2s82205890872f22e1@mail.gmail.com> References: <3b2ddd940803041441k6f059619ga1b2987aecd45007@mail.gmail.com> <20080305004756.GB87943@osiris.chen.org.nz> <3b2ddd940803050207x51cd64edh81b03870112fd3ad@mail.gmail.com> <5635aa0d0803050210y3323dda2s82205890872f22e1@mail.gmail.com>
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On 05/03/2008, Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com> wrote:
> vi `/.xinitrc
>
> paste
>
> exec gnome-session
>
> then :wq
>
> save the file, and startx
>
is that /.xinitrc ? or in my home directory, /root/.xinitrc ?
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:07 AM, Siraj Shaikh <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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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