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Operating Systems BSD Help with installing Gnome on FreeBSD Post 69575 by Sergiu-IT on Saturday 16th of April 2005 03:41:44 AM
Old 04-16-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by dfowensby
i get the feeling i'm following Serg
once again:
try freebsd 5.4 beta. it has gnome 2.10, and i have yet to get hit by a bug.
pre-compiled and the ports are really smooth.
luck -O.

edit: i was assuming he was a compile-it-yourself junkie. if you want a fast easy install, use 5.4 and just follow the install prompts.
if you glitch there, do this:
# echo "exec gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc
for root, and for each User as well.
-O.
It seems that FreeBSD-5.4 is the answer for averything... :P
 

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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)
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