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Operating Systems BSD Installing gnome on freebsd Post 302573206 by AnbuBlack on Sunday 13th of November 2011 02:42:25 PM
Old 11-13-2011
pkg_add -r xorg or #cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg : make install clean
next: pkg_add -r gnome 2 or #cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 :make install clean

ee /etc/rc.conf :
gnome_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
avahi_daemon_enable="YES"
avahi_dnsconfd_enable="YES"
gdm_enable="YES"

#init 6 (or reboot) to reboot;
 

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gnome-appearance-properties(1)					   User Commands				    gnome-appearance-properties(1)

NAME
gnome-appearance-properties - configure GNOME desktop appearance SYNOPSIS
gnome-appearance-properties [--install-theme=file] [--show-page=page] [gnome-std-options] DESCRIPTION
The GNOME appearance preference tool enables you to select how your GNOME desktop is themed. The theme controls the appearance of GNOME- compliant application interface items. For example, the theme affects the appearance of buttons, scrollbar, check boxes, and so on. This preference tool can also be used to configure the background image, fonts used by the desktop, and the visual appearance of the GNOME panel. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -i, --install-theme=file Installs the specified theme file. -p, --show-page=page Specify the page, or tab, to display. The value can be: theme, background, fonts, or interface. gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more infor- mation. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the gnome-appearance-properties tool example% gnome-appearance-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-appearance-properties Executable for gnome-appearance-properties ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform. gnome-control-center(1), attributes(5) gnome-std-options(5) NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2007. SunOS 5.11 09 Nov 2007 gnome-appearance-properties(1)
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