From e8d603594c0bddc532ad0b8d4b23acc1b7deb21d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glen Barber Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 21:26:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note that procfs(5) is necessary for proper GDM functionality. PR: 154070 Submitted by: Warren Block (wblock of wonkity com) Approved by: jkois (mentor) --- .../books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml | 32 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml index e1f8d5b8a9..18f1185e9e 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml @@ -1401,6 +1401,15 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 &prompt.root; cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 &prompt.root; make install clean + For proper operation, GNOME requires + the /proc filesystem to be mounted. Add + + proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 + + to /etc/fstab to mount + procfs automatically during + startup. + Once GNOME is installed, the X server must be told to start GNOME instead of a default window @@ -1409,17 +1418,22 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort: 0 The easiest way to start GNOME is with GDM, the GNOME Display Manager. - GDM, which is installed as a part - of the GNOME desktop (but is - disabled by default), can be enabled by adding - gdm_enable="YES" to - /etc/rc.conf. Once you have rebooted, + GDM is installed as part + of the GNOME desktop, although + it is disabled by default. It can be enabled by adding this + line to /etc/rc.conf: + + gdm_enable="YES" + + Once you have rebooted, GDM will start automatically. - Additionally, to enable all GNOME - services when GDM starts, add - gnome_enable="YES" to - /etc/rc.conf. + It is often desirable to start all + GNOME services together with + GDM. To achieve this, add the + following line to /etc/rc.conf: + + gnome_enable="YES" GNOME may also be started from the command-line by properly configuring a file named