trying to install gnome2

[Christian Walther]

Hi there,

please don't use top posting, and configure your MTA to quote
correctly. I removed the original contents because I was to lazy to
format it properly.

Have you read the FreeBSD handbook, especially chapter "5.4 X11 Configuration"?
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html

This should answer all your questions.

Christian