<quote who="Paul Schmehl"> > --On Wednesday, December 07, 2005 16:28:59 +0200 spen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Hello all, >> I have installed freebsd 6.0 STABLE in an ACER laptop recently. I would >> like to have gui, so I tried to install from the ports gnome2. >> I have *updated *my ports. >> I tried to run dm, gdm but none worked. >> When I run startx, x windows start but not gnome2. >> I have added to ~/.xsession the line /exec gnome-session /but still >> nothing >> happens. >> I haven't found around the mailing lists a problem like that. >> Does anybody have any idea about it? >> Am I doing anything wrong? > > Edit /etc/ttys like this: > ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/sbin/gdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure > > And gnome will start when you boot. >
Actually, don't the docs suggest turning OFF ttyv8? IIRC, the more recent approach is to put "gdm_enable=YES" (or something similar) in /etc/rc.d. Check the pkg_message file in the port directory to be sure. I did try this recently (sometime in the last few weeks) but didn't have the time to devote to getting gdm/gnome2 to work right myself. I found kdm much easier to get right - though I can't quite get gnome working through it. Still, you can run enlightenment from kdm, as well as Fvwm2, KDE, etc. If I were more interested in the session management, rather than plain flexible window management, I'd probably try harder ... HTH Lou -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :þ http://www.keyslapper.net Ô¿Ô¬ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
