Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 00:15:02 -0500 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom 64bit FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE with XFCE packages released Message-ID: <AANLkTim3phjRR_ZcVvAXVXTvC=ovw3eD%2BCdY0EKSMGRu@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C566252.6010605@otenet.gr> References: <4C566252.6010605@otenet.gr>
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On 8/2/10, Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey all, > > I have just completed the first 8.1-RELEASE based build of the 'Custom > releases' project hosted here: > > http://freebsd-custom.wikidot.com > > At the moment only the 64bit version is available, while a 32bit > version is in the works and is expected later on this week. > > You may download the ISO file immediately using the downloads page: > > http://freebsd-custom.wikidot.com/downloads-page > > This release is based on the latest XFCE desktop and includes a wide > variety of desktop-related packages, like OpenOffice, abiword, gnumeric, > firefox35, gimp, inkscape, evince and so on. The base system is > 8.1-RELEASE. A few other small window managers are included like > windowmaker, fluxbox and icewm. > > Make sure to read the README file before installation. > > Also note that installing linux related packages during initial setup > needs a few > more steps. This is due to differences in sysinstall between 7.X and > 8.X releases. A detailed explanation is provided in the README file. > > As always, please report any problems, success stories, comments and > criticisms to manolis@FreeBSD.org Thank you Manolis for your work. I installed it and have one difficulty, that otherwise I would not bother you or other users here on the list. I loaded gdm to autologin xfce but I can autologin to gnome. How can I do it to only load xfce. I use gdm_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf I setup a file How do I add new GDM sessions? I s/xfce/kde/g in http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q16 The process for adding new GDM sessions has changed substantially between GNOME 2.2 and 2.30. In order to add new sessions now, you must create a .desktop file containing the session configuration information. Session files live in /usr/local/etc/dm/Sessions. For example, to add a XFCE session, create a file in /usr/local/etc/dm/Sessions called xfce.desktop. That file should contain the following: [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=KDE Comment=This session logs you into XFCE Exec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4 TryExec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4 Icon= Type=Application This file must have execute permissions. For example: # chmod 0555 kde.desktop After creating this file, restart GDM, and there will be a XFCE link under the Sessions menu. The link is there, but it fails to start, just cycle's back. If I edit /usr/local/etc/gdm/gdm.custom and setup [daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=myusername it does autologin but to a gnome session. I was under the impression that since this was an XFCE special/custom disk, I was going to not see gnome, but I know that there are parts needed for xfce. Is there any way I can get this to work, but for xfce only? Sorry for asking, Regards, Antonio
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