On Wednesday, September 25, 2013, Roelof Wobben wrote: > ---------------------------------------- > > 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 don't use gnome, but tried setting it up for my dad a few weeks ago for the first time, and i recall mention of requiring 3d acceleration and as such access to /dev/drm (iirc?). so adding gdm to rc.conf.local isn't the only thing it talks about. --patrick > I also noticed that avahi-deamon is failing on startup. So I will look > into the avahi-deamon > readme also. > > Roelof
