On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 11:07:14AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:                 
                                                                                
                                                    
> OK, I deleted 4.9 and installed 4.8. I saved the console messages and         
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> started and started the gdm, avahi, and dbus daemon as instructed. No         
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> joy.                                                                          
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Could You please be a bit more precise?                                         
                                                                                
                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                    
Which instructions did You follow - those unofficial instructions on some       
                                                                                
                                                    
website about OpenBSD 4.7 or the official README that is cited in the           
                                                                                
                                                    
install-message at installation time?                                           
                                                                                
                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                    
What does the phrase "No joy" mean? You've got some errors? You've got no       
                                                                                
                                                    
error but no GNOME? You didn't like the default color theme? You were           
                                                                                
                                                    
depressed and decided not to go ahead?                                          
                                                                                
                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                    
I used to install GNOME on OpenBSD 4.9. It is 100% straight forward exactly as  
                                                                                
                                                    
written in a README file that is referenced in the install message. And I am    
                                                                                
                                                    
planning to instruct my grandmother to install OpenBSD 5.0 with GNOME. Could    
                                                                                
                                                    
You please share You experience in some more detail?

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Dmitrij D. Czarkoff

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