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# $FreeBSD: www/en/gnome/docs/Makefile,v 1.23 2007/03/19 17:36:34 marcus Exp $
# $FreeBSD: www/en/gnome/docs/Makefile,v 1.24 2007/10/25 16:56:36 marcus Exp $
.if exists(../Makefile.conf)
.include "../Makefile.conf"
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DOCS+= faq218.sgml
DOCS+= faq220.sgml
DOCS+= faq222.sgml
DOCS+= gnome_porting.sgml
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<!ENTITY base CDATA "../../">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/gnome/docs/faq220.sgml,v 1.3 2008/02/19 07:26:18 bland Exp $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD GNOME Project: GNOME &gnomever; Upgrading FAQ">
<!ENTITY % navinclude.gnome "INCLUDE">
]>
<html>
&header;
<h2>Contents</h2>
<ol>
<li> <a href="#q1">What is new in GNOME &gnomever;?</a>
<li> <a href="#q2">How do I upgrade to GNOME &gnomever;?</a>
<li> <a href="#q3">The upgrade failed; what do I do?</a>
<li> <a href="#q4">List of known GNOME &gnomever; problems and their solutions</a>
<li> <a href="#q5">I have found a bug; whom should I alert?</a>
<li> <a href="#q6">I want the fame and glory of the FreeBSD GNOME team! What
can I do to participate?</a>
</ol>
<h2>Full Text</h2>
<ol>
<!-- Q1 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q1"></a>
<p><b>What is new in GNOME &gnomever;?</b></p>
<!-- A1 -->
<p>Although the canonical summary of new features can be found at
<a
href="http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/&gnomever;/">http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/&gnomever;/</a>,
some of the most exciting new features of GNOME &gnomever; are:</p>
<ul>
<li>A new updated hal port has been included which provides
video4linux support, DRM (Direct Rendering) support, and
improved removable media handling.</li>
<li>Cheese, a webcam application in the same vein as Apple's
Photobooth has been included. Cheese allows you to take
pictures and videos with your webcam.</li>
<li>Metacity now supports window compositing.</li>
<li>A new VNC client, vinagre, has been integrated.</li>
<li>Work has gone into speeding up certain applications like
Evolution and Nautilus.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<!-- Q2 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q2"></a>
<p><b>How do I upgrade to GNOME &gnomever;?</b></p>
<!-- A2 -->
<p>The answer is relatively simple:</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>To build GNOME &gnomever;, you need to obtain the latest
ports tree skeleton. This is most easily accomplished with
<tt>portsnap(8)</tt> or <a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html">CVSup</a>. Simply obtain the latest ports tree, and you are
ready to go. Then do the following:</p>
<pre>
# pkgdb -Ff
# portupgrade -f gstreamer-plugins-good
# pkg_deinstall -fO gnome-applets\* totem\* gnome-control-center\*
# portupgrade -aOW
</pre>
<p><b>NOTE:</b> it is recommended to run <b>portupgrade
-a</b> to make sure you get all the necessary ports.</p>
<p>If you are a <tt>portmaster(8)</tt> user, make sure you have
least 1.9 version. Then do the following:</p>
<pre>
# portmaster -a
# portmaster gstreamer-plugins-good
# pkg_delete -f gnome-applets\* totem\* gnome-control-center\* \
gnome-keyring-manager\*
# portmaster -a
</pre>
</ol>
</li>
<!-- Q3 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q3"></a>
<p><b>The upgrade failed; what do I do?</b></p>
<!-- A3 -->
<p>Unfortunately, this is not only possible, it is highly probable. There are many possible
valid GNOME configurations, and even more invalid starting points. If the script fails,
follow the instructions in the error message to let the FreeBSD GNOME team know about the
failure.</p>
<p>The majority of build failures will be dependency-related issues. One simple way to resolve
the problem is to remove the offending port, re-run <tt>portupgrade</tt> or <tt>portmaster</tt>, and then
reinstall the port when the upgrade process is complete.</p>
</li>
<!-- Q4 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q4"></a>
<p><b>List of GNOME &gnomever; problems and their solutions</b></p>
<!-- A4 -->
<p>Although GNOME &gnomever; is certainly the best release to date (of course), there are
a couple regressions that slipped in, both in the GNOME code and in its implementation
within FreeBSD. Some of the more visible issues are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Auto-mounting has changed with GNOME &gnomever;. In order
to support the new auto-mounting system, you must make sure
that <tt>gnome-volume-manager</tt> is no longer trying to
mount removable media. To do this, run the following
commands:
<pre>
% gconftool-2 -s --type bool /desktop/gnome/volume_manager/automount_drives false
% gconftool-2 -s --type bool /desktop/gnome/volume_manager/automount_media false
% gconftool-2 -s --type bool /desktop/gnome/volume_manager/autobrowse false
% gconftool-2 -s --type bool /desktop/gnome/volume_manager/autoplay_cda false
% gconftool-2 -s --type bool /desktop/gnome/volume_manager/autoplay_dvd false
% gconftool-2 -s --type bool /desktop/gnome/volume_manager/autoplay_vcd false
% gconftool-2 -s --type bool /desktop/gnome/volume_manager/autoprinter false
</pre></li>
<li><b>HAL</b> can not unmount and reset the da[0-9] devices
associated with USB disks when you manually detach them from
the system. Manually removing a USB umass device while it
is mounted can result in a panic. This is a known bug in FreeBSD.
See <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/103258">kern/103258</a> and <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/89102">kern/89102</a> for more details.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<!-- Q5 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q5"></a>
<p><b>I have found a bug; whom should I alert?</b></p>
<!-- A5 -->
<p>Please read the FreeBSD GNOME Project's
<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/docs/bugging.html">documentation on reporting bugs</a>.
</p>
</li>
<!-- Q6 -->
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q6"></a>
<p><b>I want the fame and glory of being part of the FreeBSD GNOME team!
What can I do to participate?</b></p>
<!-- A6 -->
<p>Please read our list of <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/docs/volunteer.html">ways
to get involved</a>!
</p>
</li>
</ol>
&footer;
</body>
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