Gnome2 hangs on startup

[Randy Bush]

> It's in our FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q20

it all looks reasonable until one gets to

    Fam also requires that portmapper is running.  Add the
    appropriate entry to /etc/rc.conf:

due to long, and possibly outdated, training in security paranoia,
i just can't bring myself to enable portmapper.

do i need re-education, or should i hope that this can be changed
in the future?

randy