this is the content of my .xsession-errors:
As you can see I have a "Host name lookup failure on localhost" error, how can I solve it? I think it's pretty much the culprit!
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I was finally able to get FreeBSD working with X-windows and KDE. I installed Gnome also. However am not given the chance to run Gnome when I type: startx at the command line. KDE seems to be default
How can I run Gnome too? (1 Reply)
Hey all :)
I finally got around to installing FreeBSD 4.4, which considering it's my first attempt with *nix, didn't go too badly. I've managed to configure X and everything else, but I've got a bit of a problem, lol.
I installed KDE and GNOME. I had a rough idea as to what they were, but I... (5 Replies)
Hi guys,
I still have "microsoft windows" eyes so this unix freebsd stuff still looks very alien to me.
Yesterday I managed to install freebsd 5.1 on my dell notebook. And today I got Gnome 2.2 working. I have this problem I can only login to Gnome with my normal user account, and not with... (1 Reply)
ps. i posted this first on UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers , Sorry about the double post
Hi guys,
I still have "microsoft windows" eyes so this unix freebsd stuff still looks very alien to me.
Yesterday I managed to install freebsd 5.1 on my dell notebook. And today I got Gnome 2.2... (2 Replies)
Recently, i have installed FreeBSD 5.3 on my computer. I then proceeded to install the latest version of Gnome. I went to the FreeBSD handbook and looked up how to set Gnome as my default window manager, and for some reason it did not work. I was wondering what exactly the command is to do set... (4 Replies)
at root command line
# pkg_add -r gnome2
This will download the latest GNOME 2.22 packages from the FreeBSD FTP site, and proceed to install them on your system.
Up-to-date GNOME packages for i386 and amd64 for all supported versions of FreeBSD are also available from the GNOME Tinderbox.... (0 Replies)
I have a fresh 64-bits install of FreeBSD 8.1 on a machine, but having issues with getting gnome to work.
I have followed the guidelines on FreeBSD GNOME Project: GNOME 2.32 FAQ
In summary that is:
pkg_add -r gnome2
Add gnome_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf
After a reboot and logging in, there... (8 Replies)
Hi
I'm looking for scripts to backup & restore Gnome Desktop and all settings in Gnome. (0 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
gnome-session-properties
gnome-session-properties(1) User Commands gnome-session-properties(1)NAME
gnome-session-properties - configure your sessions
SYNOPSIS
gnome-session-properties [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
The Sessions preference tool enables you to manage your sessions. You can set session preferences, and specify which applications to start
when you start a session. You can configure sessions to save the state of applications on your desktop, and to restore the state when you
start another session. You can also use this preference tool to manage multiple GNOME sessions.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the Sessions preference tool
example% gnome-session-properties
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-session-pExecutable for the Sessions preferences tool
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-session |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gnome-control-center(1), gnome-std-options(5), gnome-session(1)NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.
SunOS 5.10 2 Oct 2003 gnome-session-properties(1)