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- Add a paragraph about enabling GDM, and note that using GDM is the

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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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Simon L. B. Nielsen 2005-08-09 18:51:29 +00:00
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@ -1353,7 +1353,9 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0</screen>
information regarding <application>GNOME</application> on
FreeBSD can be found on the <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome">FreeBSD GNOME
Project</ulink>'s web site.</para>
Project</ulink>'s web site. The web site also contains fairly
comprehensive FAQs about installing, configuring, and managing
<application>GNOME</application>.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="x11-wm-gnome-install">
@ -1381,12 +1383,29 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0</screen>
<para>Once <application>GNOME</application> is installed,
the X server must be told to start
<application>GNOME</application> instead of a default window
manager. If a custom <filename>.xinitrc</filename> is already in
manager.</para>
<para>The easiest way to start
<application>GNOME</application> is with
<application>GDM</application>, the GNOME Display Manager.
<application>GDM</application>, which is installed as a part
of the <application>GNOME</application> desktop (but is
disabled by default), can be enabled by adding
<literal>gdm_enable="YES"</literal> to
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>. Once you have rebooted,
<application>GNOME</application> will start automatically
once you log in - no further configuration is
necessary.</para>
<para><application>GNOME</application> may also be started
from the command-line by properly configuring a file named
<filename>.xinitrc</filename>.
If a custom <filename>.xinitrc</filename> is already in
place, simply replace the line that starts the current window
manager with one that starts
<application>/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session</application> instead.
If nothing special has been done to configuration file,
then it is enough to simply type:</para>
If nothing special has been done to the configuration file,
then it is enough simply to type:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
@ -1394,7 +1413,7 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0</screen>
<application>GNOME</application> desktop environment will be
started.</para>
<note><para>If a display manager, like
<note><para>If an older display manager, like
<application>XDM</application>, is being used, this will not work.
Instead, create an executable <filename>.xsession</filename>
file with the same command in it. To do this, edit the file
@ -1406,7 +1425,7 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0</screen>
&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" >> ~/.xsession</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>chmod +x ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
<para>Another option is to configure the display manager to
<para>Yet another option is to configure the display manager to
allow choosing the window manager at login time; the section on
<link linkend="x11-wm-kde-details">KDE details</link>
explains how to do this for <application>kdm</application>, the