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installed GNOME on FreeBSD! need help with several things
Post 37578 by Dalma on Sunday 22nd of June 2003 07:25:03 PM
06-22-2003
installed GNOME on FreeBSD! need help with several things
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 the "root" account, not sure why that is. Stuff like "GDM configurator" I cannot open with my normal user account. Maybe anyone knows why this is?
I read a few basics on freebsd and Gnome from the links you guys gave me but i am still not getting a few things. With windows i used to download this app , just double click on setup and it installs. I go to start programs, and there it is hehe.
With GNOME it's completely different. I tried to install GnomeICU (some kind of icq app) but it didn't work. I downloaded the gz file and extracted it in a new folder on my /home/username/downloads. The helpfile says just type install from the command line util or from the root type make install but nothing happens. I am not sure what to do when i extracted these apps. In windows you look for the setup.exe but what is it in unix.
One other thing. I installed Mozilla and it worked
. One problem though. I can't find any shortcuts to mozilla. I would like to make a shortcut on my desktop or as a new panel next to the desktop panel on GNOME. I have no idea where to look at. When i open file manager and i enter an url, on the left of the file manager i get to see 2 options, open with mozilla, or open with another util...
Any help appreciated!
Dalma
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 the "root" account, not sure why that is. Stuff like "GDM configurator" I cannot open with my normal user account. Maybe anyone knows why this is?
I read a few basics on freebsd and Gnome from the links you guys gave me but i am still not getting a few things. With windows i used to download this app , just double click on setup and it installs. I go to start programs, and there it is hehe.
With GNOME it's completely different. I tried to install GnomeICU (some kind of icq app) but it didn't work. I downloaded the gz file and extracted it in a new folder on my /home/username/downloads. The helpfile says just type install from the command line util or from the root type make install but nothing happens. I am not sure what to do when i extracted these apps. In windows you look for the setup.exe but what is it in unix.
One other thing. I installed Mozilla and it worked
. One problem though. I can't find any shortcuts to mozilla. I would like to make a shortcut on my desktop or as a new panel next to the desktop panel on GNOME. I have no idea where to look at. When i open file manager and i enter an url, on the left of the file manager i get to see 2 options, open with mozilla, or open with another util...Any help appreciated!
Dalma
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gnome-desktop-item-edit
gnome-desktop-item-edit(1) User Commands gnome-desktop-item-edit(1) NAME
gnome-desktop-item-edit - GNOME Desktop file editor SYNOPSIS
gnome-desktop-item-edit [--create-new] filename DESCRIPTION
gnome-desktop-item-edit is the GNOME Desktop file editor, which you can use to create or edit the .desktop (known as desktop) file. GNOME uses a standard desktop file specification as proposed by freedesktop.org. A desktop file consists of a number of name-value pairs that define how a desktop should organize a particular application. As this is defined as an open standard, integration of applications into GNOME Desktop is relatively straightforward. A basic entry in the desktop file must start with a tag called [Desktop Entry]. It can then have a number of name-value pairs as defined by the standard. The minimum entries are as follows: Name the name of the application Comment a textual description of the application which is displayed as a tooltip message by gnome-panel. When set appropri- ately, the comment can be localized within the same file. Exec the name of the actual executable Icon the file name of the icon image Type the desktop file type Categories a multi-string field which is used by gnome-panel to group applications into the appropriate categories. These desktop files provide the information to gnome-panel, which places the application in the appropriate locations on the panel. In a similar manner, the GNOME file manager (Nautilus) uses information from the desktop files to display the 'applications:///' view. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: --create-new Creates a new .desktop file. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: filename The name of the desktop file to be edited or viewed. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Editing an existing .desktop file example% gnome-desktop-item-edit fullpath/filename This command invokes the launcher dialog and loads the contents of the specified desktop file into the relevant fields. 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-desktop-iExecutable for GNOME Desktop file editor /usr/share/applications/Desktopofile ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-panel | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |External | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
gnome-panel(1), nautilus(1) Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform. NOTES
Written by Ghee Teo, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003. SunOS 5.10 2 Oct 2003 gnome-desktop-item-edit(1)