On 09.09.2012 09:53, Michael C. Robinson wrote: > I'm wondering whether or not I should even pursue a Gnome 3 installation? >
Depends on your need and taste. > One problem I have with tab window manager is that I don't know how to > fire it up at boot. Another problem, > I don't like having a login terminal. I prefer to Exit using the > window manager. If I click Exit now, I end > up in X without a window manager. > There is something called "Desktop Manager" which does some kind of that ... GDM, KDM, LightDM, XDM, SLiM and <insert any other that I didn't mention DM here> use graphical logins instead of login terminal, which personaly I can't stand. > I think Dirk Dashing requires Gnome or KDE. I am not set up for KDE. > Since this is an NFS root system intended for backing up and restoring > machines, I will only run a demo copy of Dirk Dashing. One thing I > know for certain, I need 32 bit libraries to run Dirk Dashing. I > don't remember which ones, but I think pulseaudio and SDL are on the > list. How do I compile 32 bit compatibility libraries on a 64 bit > system > I have no idea what's Dirk Dashing, but if you want to have 32bit libraries on 64bit operating system you should have built CLFS, since it teaches people how to utilize multilib (both 32bit and 64bit libraries on one Intel/AMD system). You can also bootstrap your own compilers, but I don't think that is going to be easy. [...] > > I have firefox running under TWM, but the fonts are ugly and getting > windows sized comfortably is a bit of a > pain compared to what I'm used to. > I recommend you check Fonts chapter on Xorg Configuration page. You'll want to install at least dejavu fonts, freefont package and maybe microsoft core fonts and cantarell-fonts. Traditional Xorg fonts are ugly ... > I can't get dbus-python-1.1.1 to pass all tests which is mentioned in > detail in another post. > I replied to that one. > One last issue, some of the system documentation is in PDF format. I > may need gnome to run a PDF reader, > especially if I run say Acrobat Reader. > One question ... Why o Why Acrobat Reader? What's wrong with opensource pdf viewers like Evince, Okular or ePDFView? Also, you don't need GNOME to build Evince. GNOME Components can be stripped from Evince leaving GTK+ and PDF Renderer (Poppler) as deps at most ... If you prefer something lighter, there's ePDFView in the book, but it's known to not render properly sometimes (fix is to zoom in the page, I think.) > Obviously, Dirk Dashing isn't a priority. It's a plus perhaps if I > end up needing gnome and it is practical for my setup. Having X, Qt, > Gtk+, and TWM is a good start at least. > Your distro, your rules. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
