Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Outback Dingo
X -configure should fix you up X -config /root/xorg/root/xorg.conf.test cp /root/xorg.conf.test /etc/X!!xorg.conf startx On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:53 AM, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 05/03/2008, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:37:37 + > > > "Siraj S

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Chris
> On 05/03/2008, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:37:37 + > > "Siraj Shaikh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Guys > > > > > > I have managed to to do what you say and now when I type in > > > startx, it does show me a box saying "This session is running as > > >

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Siraj Shaikh
I have the usbd_enable line in rc.conf the mouse is working on the black screen but it doesnt work when the x loads up On 05/03/2008, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:37:37 + > "Siraj Shaikh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Guys > > > > I have managed to to do what

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Chris
On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:37:37 + "Siraj Shaikh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guys > > I have managed to to do what you say and now when I type in startx, it > does show me a box saying "This session is running as a privileged > user" and asking me to either COntinue or Quit. My mouse isnt workin

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Siraj Shaikh
Guys I have managed to to do what you say and now when I type in startx, it does show me a box saying "This session is running as a privileged user" and asking me to either COntinue or Quit. My mouse isnt working at this stage and I cant press either of the buttons. Neither is tab or space or alt

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Chris
On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 05:31:37 -0500 "Outback Dingo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wh > > echo "exec gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc > > sounds like potentially a new user we have no idea what directory he > might be in > > silly unix tricks > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:28 AM, Chris <[EMAIL

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Outback Dingo
wh echo "exec gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc sounds like potentially a new user we have no idea what directory he might be in silly unix tricks On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:28 AM, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 05:23:49 -0500 > "Outback Dingo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Outback Dingo
and ill agree here with chris, it is an extremely bad practice to run X as root, you should always login as a user if you need to do maintenance or something you can always use su or sudo On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:25 AM, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:19:34 + > "S

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Chris
On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 05:23:49 -0500 "Outback Dingo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > notice i typed ~/.xinitrcnot /.xinitrc see the "~" > > > the ~/ means your home diretcory > > ie /root if your logged in as root > > and you typed > > cd ~/ > > it would cd you into /root > > if you were

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Chris
On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:19:34 + "Siraj Shaikh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 05/03/2008, Outback Dingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > vi `/.xinitrc > > > > paste > > > > exec gnome-session > > > > then :wq > > > > save the file, and startx > > > is that /.xinitrc ? or in my home directory, /ro

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Outback Dingo
notice i typed ~/.xinitrcnot /.xinitrc see the "~" the ~/ means your home diretcory ie /root if your logged in as root and you typed cd ~/ it would cd you into /root if you were logged in as siraj and you typed cd ~/ it would cd you into /home/siraj ... follow...? so vi ~/.xinitr

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Siraj Shaikh
On 05/03/2008, Outback Dingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > vi `/.xinitrc > > paste > > exec gnome-session > > then :wq > > save the file, and startx > is that /.xinitrc ? or in my home directory, /root/.xinitrc ? > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:07 AM, Siraj Shaikh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Outback Dingo
vi `/.xinitrc paste exec gnome-session then :wq save the file, and startx On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:07 AM, Siraj Shaikh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 05/03/2008, Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:41:47PM +, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > > I installed Gnom

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-05 Thread Siraj Shaikh
On 05/03/2008, Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:41:47PM +, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > I installed Gnome2-lite as a package. I then inserted the following line > > > > gnome_enable="YES" > > > > in rc.conf > > > > and also inserted the line > > > > exec gnome-se

Re: How to start Gnome2-lite

2008-03-04 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:41:47PM +, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > I installed Gnome2-lite as a package. I then inserted the following line > > gnome_enable="YES" > > in rc.conf > > and also inserted the line > > exec gnome-session > > in the xinitrc file. | type startx after this, but gnome desk

Re: How to start gnome2?

2002-10-18 Thread Matt Smith
Try exec gnome-session On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 08:53, Ronnie Clark wrote: > I just finished compiling gnome2 from the ports. But > now how do I start? I added the line "exec gnome" to > my .xsession and .xinitrc files, typed in startx, and > got an error saying, "could not find gnome". Is there > a

RE: How to start gnome2?

2002-10-18 Thread Barry Byrne
Put this line in your .xinitrc exec gnome-session Cheers, Barry -- Barry Byrne, IT Manager, WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Centre Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@;FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ronnie Clark