Hi Robert, Robert Wolf <rwolf <at> sears.ca> writes: > I noticed there is a 'gnome' package in cygwin. Is this a complete gnome > desktop that I can run locally? If so how to start it up?
Unfortunately not. I've given up on getting gnome to work out of the box. If you search on sourceforge.net for cygnome, you'll find instructions which allow you to point your cygwin setup.exe at alternative archive. This contains various gnome components. I've found that inspite of the ease with which the installer builds most things, getting gnome to run is a real nightmare. I had to symlink various library_version.dll's to library.dll's in the /bin dir. This got it working to a point where my desktop seg-faulted and my own patience collapsed. I haven't actually seen many mortals with working cygnome implementations and, in answer to your question, simply including the 'gnome' stuff in the initial set-up doesn't do much more than load in a number of applications and gtk libraries. You "don't" get gnome-session. Once's you have managed to get it on your box, it's still hell to set-up. Don't give up, but do report your feed back. I for one would be interested. Cheers, Raf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/