On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > OpenBSD specific reading for installing GNOME is a bit hard to come > by, and README and INSTALL don't mention GNOME, so please forgive the > basic questions. > > I think GNOME is either fully installed or partially installed (I'm > not sure if I hung in AddDelete.pl at Avahi*). I issued 'pkg_add > gnome-desktop gnome-session'. After reboot, a window manager does not > appear to start. 'startx' results in a desktop with wallpaper, and > nothing more (I find it less useful than an X session with a > terminal). > > Concerned about a corrupt install of Avahi, I tried to reinstall with > 'pkg_add -D installed gnome-desktop gnome-session'. > > I did come across http://www.techonia.com/install-gnome-openbsd. But I > don't believe the fellow writing told the full story (though he offers > screen shots). For example, he did not 'chmod +x .xinitrc', so I'm not > sure he stuff should even work.
Following two years old post which is not official documentation for OpenBSD is at least weird. > > Is anyone aware of a [comprehensive] GNOME HowTo for OpenBSD? You left off the most important part http://www.openbsd.org/report.html so we don't know which version are you running, which packages you have. What error messages you can see (if any) during startup of X/Gnome and so on. BTW if you're on current then there are no packages yet. > > Jeff > > * During package download and install, the machine went into 'power > save' mode. When I woke the machine, the last message was related to > installing Avahi. I pressed enter a few times and left the machine > alone. The machine went back to sleep, and it was at the same place > when I re-woke it some time later. ^C, and then I reissued B 'pkg_add > gnome-desktop gnome-session'.
