Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 05:23:49 -0500 From: "Outback Dingo" <outbackdingo@gmail.com> To: "Siraj Shaikh" <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Subject: Re: How to start Gnome2-lite Message-ID: <5635aa0d0803050223v41277e95l3426849cbfe290b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3b2ddd940803050219o546ce777k556abc69a413fe84@mail.gmail.com> References: <3b2ddd940803041441k6f059619ga1b2987aecd45007@mail.gmail.com> <20080305004756.GB87943@osiris.chen.org.nz> <3b2ddd940803050207x51cd64edh81b03870112fd3ad@mail.gmail.com> <5635aa0d0803050210y3323dda2s82205890872f22e1@mail.gmail.com> <3b2ddd940803050219o546ce777k556abc69a413fe84@mail.gmail.com>
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notice i typed ~/.xinitrc not /.xinitrc see the "~"
the ~/ means your home diretcory
ie /root if your logged in as root
and you typed
cd ~/
it would cd you into /root
if you were logged in as siraj and you typed cd ~/
it would cd you into /home/siraj ...
follow...?
so vi ~/.xinitrc
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:19 AM, Siraj Shaikh <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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