01-19-2009
After getting gnome2 by pkg_add -r or through ports, all you have to do to enable it is add the line:
gnome_enable="YES"
to /etc/rc.conf.
Your hostname issue can be resolved by adding your machine's name to /etc/rc.conf:
hostname="your machine's name"
and to /etc/hosts by adding your machine's name to the local host line, such as:
::1 yourmachine yourmachine.local locallhost localhost.my.domain
127.0.0.1 yourmachine yourmachine.local localhost localhost.my.domain
You can also set up gnome to start only for specific users, in case some users might wish to use other windows managers, by creating the file ~/.xinitrc in the user's home directory and adding the line
start gnome-session
Then the user types "startx" (or is it "xstart"?) at login to start the gnome session.
I think that will do what you need. I think you can also go back to the FreeBSD installer by typing the command "sysinstall" and use the options there for setting up your Internet connections. The wizard asks you to set your machine's name and automatically sets up the hostname and /etc/hosts file. Maybe that would do it.
Tony
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fvwm-themes-start
FVWM-THEMES-START(1) General Commands Manual FVWM-THEMES-START(1)
NAME
fvwm-themes-start - FVWM Themes starter
SYNOPSIS
fvwm-themes-start [ --session|-s name ] [ --no-start|-n ] [ --fvwm-exe|-e ] [ -- fvwm-args ]
DESCRIPTION
This script runs fvwm with FVWM Themes. It should be run under X. Put a call to this script as the last line of your .Xclients, .xinitrc
or .xsession file.
OPTIONS
--session name - name of the FVWM Themes session. By default it is "main". This allows to have and run different FVWM Themes configuration.
--no-start - do not start fvwm, just do preparation for starting it. This is useful to start FVWM Themes with a session manager, see FAQ.
--fvwm-exe - changes the default executable, which is fvwm or whatever fvwm-config --fvwm-exe returns.
-- everything after -- is passed to FVWM. See the fvwm(1) man page for the fvwm options.
EXAMPLES
Most users just should put:
fvwm-themes-start
as the last line of their .Xclients, .xinitrc or .xsession file. If you want to use FVWM Themes with a real session manager, say GNOME,
you need to use the --no-start option and put:
fvwm-themes-start --no-start
gnome-session
as the last lines of your .Xclients, .xinitrc or .xsession file. The session option allows to use FVWM Themes with different configura-
tions. Say, you want to use 3 different configurations under a normal FVWM session when FOO test is false, under gnome-session and under a
normal FVWM session when FOO test is true. Then, your .xinitrc/.xsession file may look as follows (where $1 is the "first" argument given
by startx, or by kdm or gdm ...):
...
case $1 in
fvwm)
if FOO; Then
fvwm-themes-start --session special
else
fvwm-themes-start
fi
;;
gnome)
fvwm-themes-start --session gnome --no-start
gnome-session
;;
... other cases ...
esac
Note that with most session managers (e.g., GNOME or XSM) it is preferable to give "fvwm -f themes-rc" as the starting window manager com-
mand in the session manager.
COPYING
The script is distributed by the same terms as fvwm-themes itself. See GNU General Public License for details.
BUGS
Report bugs to fvwm-themes-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.
Fvwm Utility 15/Aug/2000 FVWM-THEMES-START(1)