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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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<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" > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen> |
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<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.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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<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 |