gnome on current questions

[Martin Smith]

> On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 22:24 +0100, Martin Smith wrote:
>> I have installed a current system, updated to about a week ago and built
>> from source gnome2, which after sorting out a couple glitches is now
>> installed, but there seem to be a few anomalies and I am wondering
>> whether
>> these are due to it being current rather than stable, or has something
>> wierd happened to my installation. I did think the compile was pretty
>> quick, but maybe I wrongly remembered how long it took last time I did
>> it,
>> about a year ago.
>>
>> GDM does not appear like the gdm I am used to seeing, more like a
>> somewhat
>> slicker version of xdm from about 8 years ago, and it allows root logins
>> by default, which I am certain gdm never did. It offers the possibility
>> to
>> set up a keyboard and language, but actually does not, and appears as a
>> small box against what is the green default desktop background
>>
>> There is no option to shut down or restart from the system menu on the
>> desktop, only to log out.
>>
>> None of the items in the system > administration menu are functional,
>> they
>> all claim not be compatible with the operating system I am running,
>> listing fbsd up to 7 only.
>
> Updating these tools to work properly on FreeBSD is currently on the
> projects list.  We need a volunteer to do the work.

I am sorry I do not have the appropriate skills for that

>
>>
>> So is this par for the course with current or has something gone awfully
>> wrong with my installation?
>
> Make sure you have /proc mounted.

I will organise that later today, many thanks.



-- 
Martin