- Add a paragraph about enabling GDM, and note that using GDM is the
easiest way to start GNOME. - Fix a few small grammar errors in the GNOME section and adds a few small clarity tweaks. Submitted by: adamw PR: docs/84713
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information regarding <application>GNOME</application> on
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FreeBSD can be found on the <ulink
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome">FreeBSD GNOME
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Project</ulink>'s web site.</para>
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Project</ulink>'s web site. The web site also contains fairly
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comprehensive FAQs about installing, configuring, and managing
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<application>GNOME</application>.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="x11-wm-gnome-install">
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<para>Once <application>GNOME</application> is installed,
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the X server must be told to start
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<application>GNOME</application> instead of a default window
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manager. If a custom <filename>.xinitrc</filename> is already in
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manager.</para>
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<para>The easiest way to start
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<application>GNOME</application> is with
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<application>GDM</application>, the GNOME Display Manager.
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<application>GDM</application>, which is installed as a part
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of the <application>GNOME</application> desktop (but is
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disabled by default), can be enabled by adding
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<literal>gdm_enable="YES"</literal> to
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<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>. Once you have rebooted,
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<application>GNOME</application> will start automatically
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once you log in - no further configuration is
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necessary.</para>
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<para><application>GNOME</application> may also be started
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from the command-line by properly configuring a file named
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<filename>.xinitrc</filename>.
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If a custom <filename>.xinitrc</filename> is already in
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place, simply replace the line that starts the current window
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manager with one that starts
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<application>/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session</application> instead.
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If nothing special has been done to configuration file,
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then it is enough to simply type:</para>
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If nothing special has been done to the configuration file,
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then it is enough simply to type:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
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<application>GNOME</application> desktop environment will be
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started.</para>
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<note><para>If a display manager, like
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<note><para>If an older display manager, like
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<application>XDM</application>, is being used, this will not work.
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Instead, create an executable <filename>.xsession</filename>
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file with the same command in it. To do this, edit the file
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&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" >> ~/.xsession</userinput>
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&prompt.user; <userinput>chmod +x ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
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<para>Another option is to configure the display manager to
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<para>Yet another option is to configure the display manager to
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allow choosing the window manager at login time; the section on
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<link linkend="x11-wm-kde-details">KDE details</link>
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explains how to do this for <application>kdm</application>, the
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