How do you start up gnome-lite ?

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 21:08, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> i put 
> 
> exec gnome-session
> 
> in a file i created my self calt 
> 
> ~/.xsession 

This should be ~/.xinitrc if using startx.  ~/.xsession is from xdm.

> 
> but when i do startx gnome does not start
> when i do gnome-session in a xterm gnome does start but gives this warning
> 
> Could not look up internet address for .
> This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly.
> It may be possible to correct the problem by adding
>  to the file /etc/hosts.

See http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q20.  That FAQ is your
friend.

Joe

> 
> What do i have to change in /etc/hosts ?
> 
> On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:49:45 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke
> <marcus at marcuscom.com> wrote:
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> > Gert Cuykens wrote:
> > | I succesfuly installed gnome-lite from ports.
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> > | How do you start it ?
> > 
> > See http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q1 as well as the handbook.
> > 
> > Joe
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