Gnome3 startup cannot progress beyond stage of black screen
maskor maskor
maskor at inbox.com
Sat Oct 6 14:56:06 UTC 2012
Gnome has been installed without problem, perhaps some patches could be needed also in my case but I don't know which ones?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: darcsis at gmail.com
> Sent: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:32:41 +0800
> To: maskor at inbox.com
> Subject: Re: Gnome3 startup cannot progress beyond stage of black screen
>
>
> On 2012/10/05 at 05:11, maskor maskor <maskor at inbox.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>> I am running x86_64 FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 with NVIDIA 8600 GT graphic card
>> (driver version : 304-51 provided by x11/nvidia-driver port).
>>
>> I want to use Gnome so I have installed gnome 3 from Marcus
>> recommendation.
>>
>> At startup gnome 3 is launched but stays for ever at stage of black
>> screen with watch form cursor without to reach the stage of gnome 3
>> login window.
>>
>> I need your help to fix that problem.
>
> the gnome-shell port needs some extra patches to get things done for me.
> I don't know whether it's my problem or that of the original port. With
> the patches GNOME 3 could be running without many problems here.
>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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