Attachment 56116 Details for Bug 84713 – x11-gnome-chapter.sgml.patch

[patch] x11-gnome-chapter.sgml.patch

x11-gnome-chapter.sgml.patch (text/plain), 3.55 KB, created by Adam Weinberger on 2005-08-09 19:30:13 UTC

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Creator: Adam Weinberger

Created: 2005-08-09 19:30:13 UTC

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>Index: chapter.sgml
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml,v
>retrieving revision 1.165
>diff -u -d -p -r1.165 chapter.sgml
>--- chapter.sgml	28 Mar 2005 10:31:04 -0000	1.165
>+++ chapter.sgml	9 Aug 2005 18:19:14 -0000
>@@ -1353,7 +1353,9 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort:     0</scree
> 	  information regarding <application>GNOME</application> on
> 	  FreeBSD can be found on the <ulink
> 	  url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome">FreeBSD GNOME
>-	  Project</ulink>'s web site.</para>
>+	  Project</ulink>'s web site.  The website also contains fairly
>+	  comprehensive FAQs about installing, configuring, and managing
>+	  <application>GNOME</application>.</para>
>       </sect3>
> 
>       <sect3 id="x11-wm-gnome-install">
>@@ -1381,12 +1383,26 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort:     0</scree
>         <para>Once <application>GNOME</application> is installed,
>           the X server must be told to start
>           <application>GNOME</application> instead of a default window
>-          manager.  If a custom <filename>.xinitrc</filename> is already in
>+          manager.</para>
>+	  
>+        <para>The easiest way to start <application>GNOME</application> is
>+          with <application>GDM</application>, the GNOME Display Manager.
>+          <application>GDM</application>, which is installed as a part of
>+          the <application>GNOME</application> desktop (but is disabled by
>+          default), can be enabled by adding <literal>gdm_enable="YES"</literal>
>+          to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.  Once you have rebooted,
>+          <application>GNOME</application> will start automatically once you
>+          log in - no further configuration is necessary.</para>
>+
>+        <para><application>GNOME</application> may also be started from the
>+          command-line by properly configuring a file named
>+          <filename>.xinitrc</filename>.
>+          If a custom <filename>.xinitrc</filename> is already in
>           place, simply replace the line that starts the current window
>           manager with one that starts
>           <application>/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session</application> instead.
>-          If nothing special has been done to configuration file,
>-          then it is enough to simply type:</para>
>+          If nothing special has been done to the configuration file,
>+          then it is enough simply to type:</para>
> 
>         <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
> 
>@@ -1394,7 +1410,7 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort:     0</scree
>           <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment will be
>           started.</para>
> 
>-        <note><para>If a display manager, like
>+        <note><para>If an older display manager, like
>           <application>XDM</application>, is being used, this will not work.
>           Instead, create an executable <filename>.xsession</filename>
>           file with the same command in it.  To do this, edit the file
>@@ -1406,7 +1422,7 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort:     0</scree
> &prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" >> ~/.xsession</userinput>
> &prompt.user; <userinput>chmod +x ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
> 
>-        <para>Another option is to configure the display manager to
>+        <para>Yet another option is to configure the display manager to
>           allow choosing the window manager at login time; the section on
>           <link linkend="x11-wm-kde-details">KDE details</link>
>           explains how to do this for <application>kdm</application>, the

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