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Operating Systems BSD GUI not loading... Post 302357074 by _R3d on Monday 28th of September 2009 04:04:31 PM
Old 09-28-2009
i would recommend NOT going the GDM route.
if you want gnome, install gnome2-lite from ports and add the following to rc.conf:
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"

then add "gnome-session" to ~/.xinitrc and run startx.
also set a proper hostname in /etc/hosts.
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

gdmphotosetup

gdmphotosetup(1)						   User Commands						  gdmphotosetup(1)

NAME

       gdmphotosetup - GDM Photo Setup

SYNOPSIS

       gdmphotosetup [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       gdmphotosetup  allows  you to select an image that will be used as your photo by the GDM face browser, if enabled by GDM. The selected file
       is stored as ~/.face.

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 GDM Photo Setup

       example% gdmphotosetup

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gdmphotosetup  Executable for GDM Photo Setup

       ~/.face		       GDM face browser image

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-display-mgr	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       gdm(1), gdmXnestchooser(1), gdmflexiserver(1), gdmsetup(1), gdmthemetester(1), gdm-restart(1m), gdmconfig(1m), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    1 Sep 2004							  gdmphotosetup(1)
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