Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 18:30:10 -0700 From: James <oscartheduck@gmail.com> To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: correction for http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html Message-ID: <d59e90ab0702081730r4f21b12dr92e93287219e124c@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi folks, on the page http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html, the portion about the FreeBSD Gnome display reads: " The easiest way to start *GNOME* is with *GDM*, the GNOME Display Manager. * GDM*, which is installed as a part of the *GNOME* desktop (but is disabled by default), can be enabled by adding gdm_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf. Once you have rebooted, *GNOME* will start automatically once you log in -- no further configuration is necessary. *GNOME* may also be started from the command-line by properly configuring a file named .xinitrc. If a custom .xinitrc is already in place, simply replace the line that starts the current window manager with one that starts */usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session* instead. If nothing special has been done to the configuration file, then it is enough simply to type: % echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc Next, type startx, and the *GNOME* desktop environment will be started. *Note:* If an older display manager, like *XDM*, is being used, this will not work. Instead, create an executable .xsession file with the same command in it. To do this, edit the file and replace the existing window manager command with */usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session*: % echo "#!/bin/sh" > ~/.xsession % echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" >> ~/.xsession % chmod +x ~/.xsession Yet another option is to configure the display" The correct path for the echo is not /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session, but is /usr/local/bin/gnome-session as of at least FreeBSD 6.2. How do I go about submitting this correction to the proper folks? Thanks! James
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