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	  information regarding <application>GNOME</application> on
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	  information regarding <application>GNOME</application> on
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	  FreeBSD can be found on the <ulink
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	  FreeBSD can be found on the <ulink
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	  url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome">FreeBSD GNOME
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	  url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome">FreeBSD GNOME
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	  Project</ulink>'s web site.</para>
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	  Project</ulink>'s web site.  The website also contains fairly
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	  comprehensive FAQs about installing, configuring, and managing
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	  <application>GNOME</application>.</para>
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      </sect3>
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      </sect3>
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      <sect3 id="x11-wm-gnome-install">
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      <sect3 id="x11-wm-gnome-install">
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        <para>Once <application>GNOME</application> is installed,
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        <para>Once <application>GNOME</application> is installed,
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          the X server must be told to start
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          the X server must be told to start
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          <application>GNOME</application> instead of a default window
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          <application>GNOME</application> instead of a default window
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          manager.  If a custom <filename>.xinitrc</filename> is already in
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          manager.</para>
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        <para>The easiest way to start <application>GNOME</application> is
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          with <application>GDM</application>, the GNOME Display Manager.
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          <application>GDM</application>, which is installed as a part of
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          the <application>GNOME</application> desktop (but is disabled by
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          default), can be enabled by adding <literal>gdm_enable="YES"</literal>
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          to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.  Once you have rebooted,
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          <application>GNOME</application> will start automatically once you
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          log in - no further configuration is necessary.</para>
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        <para><application>GNOME</application> may also be started from the
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          command-line by properly configuring a file named
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          <filename>.xinitrc</filename>.
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          If a custom <filename>.xinitrc</filename> is already in
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          place, simply replace the line that starts the current window
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          place, simply replace the line that starts the current window
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          manager with one that starts
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          manager with one that starts
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          <application>/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session</application> instead.
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          <application>/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session</application> instead.
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          If nothing special has been done to configuration file,
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          If nothing special has been done to the configuration file,
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          then it is enough to simply type:</para>
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          then it is enough simply to type:</para>
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        <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
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        <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
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          <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment will be
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          <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment will be
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          started.</para>
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          started.</para>
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        <note><para>If a display manager, like
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        <note><para>If an older display manager, like
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          <application>XDM</application>, is being used, this will not work.
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          <application>XDM</application>, is being used, this will not work.
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          Instead, create an executable <filename>.xsession</filename>
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          Instead, create an executable <filename>.xsession</filename>
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          file with the same command in it.  To do this, edit the file
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          file with the same command in it.  To do this, edit the file
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&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" >> ~/.xsession</userinput>
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&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" >> ~/.xsession</userinput>
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&prompt.user; <userinput>chmod +x ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
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&prompt.user; <userinput>chmod +x ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
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        <para>Another option is to configure the display manager to
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        <para>Yet another option is to configure the display manager to
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          allow choosing the window manager at login time; the section on
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          allow choosing the window manager at login time; the section on
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          <link linkend="x11-wm-kde-details">KDE details</link>
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          <link linkend="x11-wm-kde-details">KDE details</link>
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          explains how to do this for <application>kdm</application>, the
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          explains how to do this for <application>kdm</application>, the

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