---------------------------------------- > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Gnome would not start > Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:36:04 +0000 > > On 2013-09-25, Roelof Wobben <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I did all the steps from this tutorial (http://callfortesting.org/gnome3) >> And I did all the steps that the pkg-readmes/gnome-3.6 says. >> >> But still I see a login screen from xdm and fvvm starts up. >> >> How can I take care that gnome is starting. >> >> Roelof >> >> > > Those instructions assume you are not running xdm; either disable it > (xdm_flags=NO in rc.conf.local) or edit .xsession instead of .xinitrc. > > However I would recommend avoiding 3rd party instructions which may or > may not be in-sync with the version you have installed. Instead, after > you have run "pkg_add gnome", just follow the pkg-readme instructions > (specifically the GDM section). >
As I said I followed all the steps from the pkg-readme and the only thing that the gnome readme says was to add gdm in rc.conf.local in the pkg_scripts line. Tommorrow I will look if there is a gdm readme. I also noticed that avahi-deamon is failing on startup. So I will look into the avahi-deamon readme also. Roelof
