On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 09:07:20AM +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 11:29:20PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > *Which* ports do I need to install to get Gnome and KDE
> > working? On my laptop (w/ omly 12G of disk) I may not have
> > nough room; but on my main server I should have plenty.
> >
> > I have installed the x11/gnome2 and the x11/kde uberportscripts;
> > no joy. What gives?
>
> Well that should be enough; I don't know about KDE but as for GNOME
> you can simply turn on the knob
>
> gdm_enable="YES"
>
> in /etc/rc.conf and then execute
>
> /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh start
>
> Note: only do this after you configured X to work right; GDM starts X
> as part of a graphical login screen.
>
> There is a way to start gnome using the 'startx' method but I don't
> know it.
>
I didn't know about the entry in rc.conf; thanks much!
Generally, I use xdm to get into X and ctwm.
Without exiting ctwm, I exec'd the gdm.sh script.
It looked like Gnome was going to work; then everything
died and I was back to my root login (no X).
I'll try gdm (from scratch!) and see what happens. Thanks
for the clue.
gary
script is (probably) the Gnome equivalent. Do I need
gdm rathr than xdm or will xdm let me
--
Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix
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