Jai Srila Prabhupada
When I tried running gjig as root, I learned a few things about running graphical programs as root. The method of using 'su' to become root is only relevant if the program is non-graphical (doesn't use X11). The right way is to use gksu.
Om namo bhagavate sridharaya
Showing posts with label gnome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gnome. Show all posts
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Early encounters with Gnome and FreeBSD
I would have preferred to title this post with "My adventures with gdm". But the subject line of this email will be useful for someone searching for help. Gnome is a good desktop.
Well, I am not putting before you folk any kind of problem here. I am giving a solution that I discovered for the problem of trying to start gdm on my computer. First a little introduction. Recently I downloaded the disc 1 of the i386 7.0 Release version of freebsd. Then I installed the minimal distribution from this disc. My goal was to have a good desktop so I decided to go for gnome. But, I read in the freebsd handbook that to run gnome, I needed to install X.org system; so I installed the X.org application that came with this disc. Then I installed gnome-lite using
pkg_add -r gnome-lite
command in the terminal.
I wanted to have a login window showing up automatically at boot time and that meant that gdm had to start at boot time. The freebsd handbook mentioned that I had to stick the line
gdm_enable="YES"
at the end of the file /etc/rc.conf. I did that and restarted my computer, but gdm failed to start. After some googling, I found in the page faq2.html that I had to add the line
gnome_enable="YES"
at the end of the file /etc/rc.conf. I removed the 'gdm_enable="YES" and added the previous line. But, gdm still failed to start. Then I added both the previous two lines in this order
gnome_enable="YES"
gdm_enable="YES"
I rebooted, but still gdm failed to start. I had a feeling that gdm was not installed even though the freebsd handbook claimed that gdm will be automatically installed when gnome is installed. I tried installing gdm.
pkg_add -r gdm
I saw that gdm did get installed now. I rebooted by computer and I saw the login window! I logged in and there was my gnome. Jai Jagathguru Srila Prabhupada and Sathguru Bhagwan.
Well, I am not putting before you folk any kind of problem here. I am giving a solution that I discovered for the problem of trying to start gdm on my computer. First a little introduction. Recently I downloaded the disc 1 of the i386 7.0 Release version of freebsd. Then I installed the minimal distribution from this disc. My goal was to have a good desktop so I decided to go for gnome. But, I read in the freebsd handbook that to run gnome, I needed to install X.org system; so I installed the X.org application that came with this disc. Then I installed gnome-lite using
pkg_add -r gnome-lite
command in the terminal.
I wanted to have a login window showing up automatically at boot time and that meant that gdm had to start at boot time. The freebsd handbook mentioned that I had to stick the line
gdm_enable="YES"
at the end of the file /etc/rc.conf. I did that and restarted my computer, but gdm failed to start. After some googling, I found in the page faq2.html that I had to add the line
gnome_enable="YES"
at the end of the file /etc/rc.conf. I removed the 'gdm_enable="YES" and added the previous line. But, gdm still failed to start. Then I added both the previous two lines in this order
gnome_enable="YES"
gdm_enable="YES"
I rebooted, but still gdm failed to start. I had a feeling that gdm was not installed even though the freebsd handbook claimed that gdm will be automatically installed when gnome is installed. I tried installing gdm.
pkg_add -r gdm
I saw that gdm did get installed now. I rebooted by computer and I saw the login window! I logged in and there was my gnome. Jai Jagathguru Srila Prabhupada and Sathguru Bhagwan.
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