How to start Gnome2-lite

[Outback Dingo]

notice i typed ~/.xinitrc    not /.xinitrc      see the "~"


the ~/ means your home diretcory

ie /root if your logged in as root

and you typed

cd ~/

it would cd you into /root

if you were logged in as siraj and you typed cd ~/

it would cd you into /home/siraj ...

follow...?

so vi ~/.xinitrc





On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:19 AM, Siraj Shaikh <siraj.shaikh at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/03/2008, Outback Dingo <outbackdingo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > vi `/.xinitrc
> >
> > paste
> >
> > exec gnome-session
> >
> > then :wq
> >
> > save the file, and startx
> >
> is that /.xinitrc ? or in my home directory, /root/.xinitrc ?
>
>
>
>
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:07 AM, Siraj Shaikh <siraj.shaikh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 05/03/2008, Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:41:47PM +0000, Siraj Shaikh wrote:
> > > > > I installed Gnome2-lite as a package. I then inserted the
> following
> > line
> > > > >
> > > > > gnome_enable="YES"
> > > > >
> > > > > in rc.conf
> > > > >
> > > > > and also inserted the line
> > > > >
> > > > > exec gnome-session
> > > > >
> > > > > in the xinitrc file. | type startx after this, but gnome desktop
> > > > > doesnt load up. Instead the usual x windows screen loads up.
> > > >
> > > > The "gnome-session" line needs to be in ${HOME}/.xinitrc, which also
> > > > needs to have permissions 700 at least.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers.
> > > > --
> > > > Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
> > > >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
> capacity
> > > >                     -- the rest is overhead for the operating
> system.
> > > >
> > > SO if I log in as root, which I do, then this means that file will be
> > > in /root/ directory? But I cant find any .xinitrc file in root
> > > directory? WHat do I do?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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