swift 11/10/23 09:35:37 Modified: gnome-config.xml Log: Bug #387847 - Inform users that gdm is not part of gnome-light
Revision Changes Path 1.35 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml?rev=1.35&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml?rev=1.35&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml?r1=1.34&r2=1.35 Index: gnome-config.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml,v retrieving revision 1.34 retrieving revision 1.35 diff -u -r1.34 -r1.35 --- gnome-config.xml 14 Aug 2011 15:08:59 -0000 1.34 +++ gnome-config.xml 23 Oct 2011 09:35:37 -0000 1.35 @@ -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 1.34 2011/08/14 15:08:59 swift Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml,v 1.35 2011/10/23 09:35:37 swift Exp $ --> <guide> <title>The GNOME Configuration HOWTO</title> @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>3</version> -<date>2011-08-13</date> +<version>4</version> +<date>2011-10-23</date> <chapter> <title>What is GNOME?</title> @@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ </pre> <p> -You can also opt for a minimal Gnome installation using <c>gnome-light</c>: +You can also opt for a minimal Gnome installation using <c>gnome-light</c>. +If you do so, you will have a lightweight Gnome installation without +the additional tools that a full Gnome installation provides so you might need +to install additional packages afterwards. </p> <pre caption="Installing a minimal GNOME environment"> @@ -231,6 +234,16 @@ </pre> <p> +If you installed Gnome using the <c>gnome-light</c> package, you will need to +install <c>gdm</c> too (as it is not defined as part of the <c>gnome-light</c> +package). +</p> + +<pre caption="Installing the gdm application"> +# <i>emerge gdm</i> +</pre> + +<p> If you reboot now, the GNOME Display Manager will prompt you for your username and password and will default to using GNOME as Desktop Environment (even though you will have the option of selecting a different one of course, choosing from
