cant get gnome to start on its own

[John McAree]

Please keep the list cc'd, especially when asking additional questions. :)

manic at nycap.rr.com wrote:
> ok new question when installing freebsd what should i put in as my host and domain...does it matter...because i get an error saying it doesnt like my host and/or domain

Put whatever you like, but make sure you add an entry in the /etc/hosts 
file for whatever you add. This is covered in the following FAQ:
http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q20

John.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John McAree <john at mcaree.org>
> Date: Sunday, April 3, 2005 8:17 pm
> Subject: Re: cant get gnome to start on its own
> 
> 
>>If you want it to start on boot, you have to make sure GDM is 
>>installed 
>>(it should be if Gnome is installed properly), and make sure 
>>/usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh exists. There should be a file called 
>>gdm.sh.sample installed in that directory by GDM. You can just do:
>>
>># cd /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d
>># cp gdm.sh.sample gdm.sh
>>
>>If you reboot, gdm should start automatically, showing you a 
>>grapical 
>>login that will log you into Gnome.
>>
>>John.
>>
>>manic at nycap.rr.com wrote:
>>
>>>if i goto /usr/blah blah blah/genome-session and hitr enter...it 
>>
>>will start...but i cant figure out how to get it to start on its 
>>own when x starts i tried that .xiritrc or what ever it is....and 
>>i dont know if im putting th file in the wrong place ofr writing 
>>the file wrong or what...help!!!
>>
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