nightmorph 09/09/01 23:58:43 Modified: gnome-config.xml Log: Update the guide for pending 2.26 stuff, bug 281423
Revision Changes Path 1.27 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml?rev=1.27&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml?rev=1.27&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml?r1=1.26&r2=1.27 Index: gnome-config.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml,v retrieving revision 1.26 retrieving revision 1.27 diff -u -r1.26 -r1.27 --- gnome-config.xml 23 May 2008 20:00:57 -0000 1.26 +++ gnome-config.xml 1 Sep 2009 23:58:43 -0000 1.27 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml,v 1.26 2008/05/23 20:00:57 swift Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml,v 1.27 2009/09/01 23:58:43 nightmorph Exp $ --> <guide link="/doc/en/gnome-config.xml"> <title>The GNOME Configuration HOWTO</title> @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>1.19</version> -<date>2007-11-13</date> +<version>1.20</version> +<date>2009-09-01</date> <chapter> <title>What is GNOME?</title> @@ -128,27 +128,6 @@ </pre> <p> -If you paid attention to the output of your previous <c>emerge</c> command, -you'll notice that it suggests using <c>gamin</c> to have nautilus and -gnome-vfs monitor file changes: -</p> - -<pre caption="Installing gamin, a file alteration monitor"> -# <i>emerge gamin</i> -</pre> - -<impo> -If you are switching from <c>fam</c> (the old, deprecated file monitor) to -<c>gamin</c>, you will need to remove <c>famd</c> from all runlevels and then -unmerge it: -</impo> - -<pre caption="Optional: switching to gamin from fam"> -# <i>rc-update del famd</i> -# <i>emerge --unmerge app-admin/fam</i> -</pre> - -<p> Next we'll clean up the remaining services. </p> @@ -182,6 +161,18 @@ </pre> <p> +Starting with <c>gnome-base/gnome-session-2.26.2</c>, you will need to prepend +the XDG_MENU_PREFIX variable to get the Gnome menus if you're using the +<path>~/.xinitrc</path> method to start your desktop. (If you're not using +<path>~/.xinitrc</path>, it will be handled automatically for you; no additional +configuration is needed.) +</p> + +<pre caption="Prepending XDG_MENU_PREFIX to ~/.xinitrc"> +$ <i>sed '1i\export XDG_MENU_PREFIX=gnome-' ~/.xinitrc</i> +</pre> + +<p> Now start your graphical environment by running <c>startx</c>: </p> @@ -230,9 +221,11 @@ </p> <p> -To use the functionality of <c>hald</c> just start <c>gnome-volume-manager</c> -and edit its preferences. Also, you'll need to add your user to the -<c>plugdev</c> group. +To use the functionality of <c>hald</c> you need to add your user to the +<c>plugdev</c> group. If you want support for devices not handled by the +<c>nautilus</c> file manager, or if you're not using <c>nautilus</c> at all, you +might want to make sure that <c>gnome-volume-manager</c> is built with the +<c>automount</c> USE flag, and that it's started every time you login. </p> </body>
