After make install clean gnome is not starting.

[Simon Barner]

> I'm presented with the generic window of xfree.  I checked in my cd ~ 
> directory and I noticed I have no .gnome files.

Those will be generated the first time you start gnome.

>  Would someone be kind 
> enough to point me to the right direction/document.  I'm currently using 
> www.freebsd.org/gnome as my source of reference.

You might also want to check out http://www.gnome.org/start/2.4/

Regarding your question, you have two options:

1.)	Use a graphical login manager such as `gdm' (comes with Gnome). To
	launch `gdm' at the system startup, do the following:

	cd /usr/local/etc/rc.d
	cp gdm.sh.sample gdm.sh
	chmod a+x gdm.sh
	
	You can launch `gdm' now from the console (as root simply type
	`gdm').
	
2.)	Put the following to your ~/.xinitrc (don't remember whether this
	file has to be executable or not, since I am using 1.)

	exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session

	Now `startx' should launch Gnome.
	
Regards,
 Simon
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