> ---------------------------------------- > From: Tomasz Marszal <kap...@toya.net.pl> > Sent: Sun Jun 10 16:11:30 CEST 2012 > To: Misc <misc@openbsd.org> > Subject: Gnome under OpenBSD 5.1 > > > Hi > I did a little research on the net and i would like to share with you what > i found. > First of all Gnome 3 dont work under OpenBSD at least for me when compiled > from the port it loops and compile the same portion of code all the time. > Second when installed from packages gnome instals but when started falls in > to fallback mode. Third when compiling from jhbuild there are errors after > doing make. What might be the problem ? Solution might be a DRM driver ( > Direct Rendering Manager ) > there are only drivers for vga radeon and intel 915 in generic kernel. I > Tried it on intel cpu + nvidia GPU and other system zacate platform with > built in cpu radeon 6000. > Both fallback mode - the same problem. The site i get on openports.se has > the link provided with distfile repo is ok but it contains 2.81 wersion of > Gnome not 3.4.2 as written on the page. > > Have any of you was able to run gnome 3 on OpenBSD ? > Could i help somehow it works for this secure system. I am not a good > programer but i would like to start to help/support some open source > project. > > Regards > Tomek > This is strange. Gnome 2.x works fine on same machine ? But for sure, it is already strange to need a gnome running on BSD box instead of a window manager.
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