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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<ol>
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<li> <a href="#q1">How do I get GNOME &gnomever; for FreeBSD?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#full-gnome">How do I get the most out of
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GNOME?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q2">GNOME &gnomever; is failing to build from ports.
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What do I do?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q3">I installed GNOME &gnomever;, but I am missing
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application foo. What gives?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q5">What is the best way to upgrade from GNOME
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&gnomeoldver; to GNOME &gnomever;?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q6">How do I keep my GNOME &gnomever; components
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and applications up-to-date?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#uninstall">How do I uninstall GNOME?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q8">Where can I get more themes for GNOME
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&gnomever;?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q9">What window managers work well with GNOME
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&gnomever;? </a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q10">Does GNOME &gnomever; support anti-aliased
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fonts?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q11">How can I control what fonts are anti-aliased?
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</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q12">How do I edit my GNOME menus?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q13">How do I use GTK+ 2 resource settings for
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GTK+ 2 applications when not in a GNOME environment?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q14">How do I configure settings for GNOME 1.4
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applications under GNOME &gnomever;?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q15">Brasero does not let me burn CDs,
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or Totem/Rhythmbox/Sound-juicer cannot find my CD/DVD drive.
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How can I fix this?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q16">How do I add new GDM sessions?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q17">How do I disable spatial Nautilus?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q18">How do I disable desktop icons for
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"Computer," "Home," and "Trash?"</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q19">How do I mount my removable media in
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Nautilus?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q20">Why is GNOME so slow to start up?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q21">How do I install GNOME packages from
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the GNOME Tinderbox?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q22">How do I add new MIME types to
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GNOME?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q23">How do I configure GDM for
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automatic logins?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q24">How do I upgrade from gnome2-lite to
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the full GNOME &gnomever; desktop?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q25">How do I enable Emacs-style
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keybindings in GTK+ applications?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q26">Why do I only see generic icons in
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Nautilus?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q27">Why do I need confirm access to my keyring
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every time Nautilus tries to open an external share?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q28">How do I enable window compositing in
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GNOME?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#q29">How can I get GDM to respect my locale
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settings?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#procfs">Why do I not see any users in
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GDM?</a></li>
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</ol>
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<h2>Full Text </h2>
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<ol>
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<!-- Q1 -->
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<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q1"></a>
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<p><b>How do I get GNOME &gnomever; for FreeBSD?</b></p>
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<!-- A1 -->
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<p>There are two ways to install GNOME &gnomever; on FreeBSD. One way is to use
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<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/packages-using.html">
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packages</a>, and the other way is to use
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<a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html">
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ports</a>. Before doing either installation, you should
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first familiarize yourself with the GNOME &gnomever;
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org/start/&gnomever;/notes/en/">
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release notes</a>.</p>
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<p><u>Install GNOME &gnomever; from packages.</u></p>
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<p>To install GNOME &gnomever; from packages, use the command:</p>
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<tt># pkg_add -r gnome2</tt>
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<p>This will download the latest GNOME &gnomever; packages from the
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FreeBSD FTP site, and proceed to install them on your system.
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</p>
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<p>Up-to-date GNOME packages for i386 and amd64 for all supported
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versions of FreeBSD are also available from the
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<a href="#q21">GNOME Tinderbox</a>.</p>
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<p>To build GNOME &gnomever;, you must first obtain the
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latest ports tree skeleton. This is most easily
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accomplished with <tt>portsnap(8)</tt>
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Then:</p>
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<pre>
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# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2
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# make clean
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# make install clean
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</pre>
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<p>You still need to <a href="#full-gnome">enable the
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GNOME services</a> to run e.g. the graphical login
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automatically on system startup.</p> </li>
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<!-- Q Full-GNOME -->
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<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a
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name="full-gnome"></a>
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<p><b>How do I get the most out of GNOME?</b></p>
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<!-- A Full-GNOME -->
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<p>In order to make the most of your new GNOME Desktop,
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you will want to start all of the GNOME-related services
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at boot-time. If you wish to take full advantage of
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GNOME, add the following to <tt>/etc/rc.conf</tt>:</p>
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<pre>
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gnome_enable="YES"
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</pre>
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<p>This will enable services such as GDM, HAL, D-BUS, and
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Avahi on system startup. If you do not want to run all
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of these services, you should forget the
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<em>gnome_enable</em> property, and manually enable the
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services you want.</p>
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<p>If you do not want to reboot immediately after the
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installation, you can invoke the following commands:</p>
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<pre>
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# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbus start
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# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/avahi-daemon start
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# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/avahi-dnsconfd start
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# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald start
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# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/gdm start
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</pre>
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<p>To start GNOME &gnomever; under X without using GDM,
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add the following line to <tt>~/.xsession</tt> or
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<tt>~/.xinitrc</tt>, as appropriate (see
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<tt>startx(1)</tt>):</p>
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<pre>
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exec ck-launch-session gnome-session
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</pre>
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</li>
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<!-- Q2 -->
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<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q2"></a>
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<p><b>GNOME &gnomever; is failing to build from ports. What do
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I do?</b></p>
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<!-- A2 -->
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<p>The majority of GNOME &gnomever; compilation problems can be solved
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by making sure all the necessary GNOME &gnomever; components are
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<a href="#q6">up-to-date</a>.</p>
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<p><u>Updating solves most problems</u></p>
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<p>If you have not yet followed <a href="#q6">FAQ #6</a>,
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do so, as it will most likely fix the problem you are
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reading this document to solve.</p>
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<p>Please follow <a href="#q6">FAQ #6</a>. If you have not
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done so, and you ask for help, you will be told to follow
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FAQ #6.</p>
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<p>In general, when a GNOME &gnomever; component is not up-to-date,
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you will see an error similar to the following:</p>
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<pre>
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checking for libgnomeui-2.0 libbonoboui-2.0 libbonobo-2.0 >= 2.2.1
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gnome-vfs-2.0 libgnomeprint-2.2 >= 2.3.0 libgnomeprintui-2.2 libglade-2.0...
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configure: error: Library requirements (libgnomeui-2.0 libbonoboui-2.0
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libbonobo-2.0 >= 2.2.1 gnome-vfs-2.0 libgnomeprint-2.2 >= 2.3.0 libgnomeprintui-2.2
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libglade-2.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
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if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.
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</pre>
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<p>Simply keeping your ports tree <a href="#q6">up-to-date</a> will
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prevent these errors.</p>
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<p>If the <tt>pkg-config</tt> program is out-of-date, you may see
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a configure error similar to the following:</p>
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<pre>
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configure: error: *** pkg-config too old; version 0.14 or better required.
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</pre>
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<p>While this may be buried in some other text, the error is
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very straight-forward: you need to upgrade pkg-config.
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The pkg-config application is found in the
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<tt>devel/pkg-config</tt> port. By updating this port to
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the latest version, this error will go away.</p>
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<p>You may see compiler errors relating to pthreads
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(&posix; threads), such as:</p>
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<pre>
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undefined reference to 'strerror_r'
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</pre>
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<p>To fix thread related errors, make sure you have the following
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compiled into your kernel:</p>
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<pre>
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options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
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</pre>
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<p>If you are tracking -STABLE or -CURRENT, make sure that you
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do <b>not</b> have <tt>NO_LIBPTHREAD</tt> set in
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<tt>/etc/make.conf</tt>. If you do, remove it, then rebuild world.
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If you still have trouble, please send email to
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<a href="mailto:&email;@FreeBSD.org">
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&email;@FreeBSD.org</a> with the output of the failed compilation.
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It is also helpful to include the config.log from the port's
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work directory.</p>
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<p><u>Prevent two versions of the same library.</u></p>
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<p>A common source of build failures is the existence of
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multiple versions of the same library. This can happen if
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you have two different versions of a port installed, or
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can even happen through normal <tt>portupgrade</tt> use.
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You can back up the libraries in
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<tt>/usr/local/lib/compat/pkg</tt> and remove them, and
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then run <tt>portupgrade -u -rf pkg-config</tt>. This
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will force a rebuild of all GNOME-related apps (and a
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fair number of other apps) without retaining old versions
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of libraries in <tt>/usr/local/lib/compat/pkg</tt>.
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</p>
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<p><u>Fix PREFIX move-related errors.</u></p>
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<p>Starting with 2.16, GNOME now lives in
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<tt>LOCALBASE</tt> instead of <tt>X11BASE</tt>.
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This move can cause strange build problems if <a
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href="&base;/gnome/docs/faq226.html">the proper
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upgrade steps</a> are not followed. However, if
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after following all the steps, you may still see
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errors like the following:</p>
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<pre>
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grep: /usr/X11R6/lib/libglade-2.0.la: No such file or directory
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sed: /usr/X11R6/lib/libglade-2.0.la: No such file or directory
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libtool: link: `/usr/X11R6/lib/libglade-2.0.la' is not a valid libtool archive
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</pre>
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<p>This error indicates that an old libtool archive (a
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file that ends with <tt>.la</tt>) is still lingering
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about on your system. To find such files, search
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through the system for libtool archive files that
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contain the bad string
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(<tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/libglade-2.0.la</tt> in the
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example above). To do that, use the following
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command:</p>
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<pre>
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# find / -type f -name "*.la" | xargs grep -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libglade-2.0.la
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</pre>
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<p>For each file that is found, use <tt>pkg_info</tt>
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to determine which port or package installed it.
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For example, if you find that
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<tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/libgnomeui-2.0.la</tt> contains
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the problem libtool reference, do the following:</p>
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<pre>
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# pkg_info -W /usr/X11R6/lib/libgnomeui-2.0.la
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</pre>
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<p>If you get back a package name, then force an
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upgrade of that package using <tt>portupgrade</tt>.
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If you do not get back anything, then you can safely
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delete the libtool archive file. Once the file is
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gone, check the directory from which you deleted it
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for other files with similar names. In the example
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above, check for
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<tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/libgnomeui-2.0.*</tt>. If you
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find any matching files, delete those, too. Once
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all of the files are gone, you can resume building
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your original port. Repeat these steps if you
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encounter further such problems.</p>
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</li>
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|
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<!-- Q3 -->
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<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q3"></a>
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<p><b>I installed GNOME &gnomever;, but I am missing application
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foo. What gives?</b></p>
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<!-- A3 -->
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<p>Only the core Desktop is included in the
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<tt>gnome2</tt> package. Here are some other GNOME
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meta-ports that offer convenient groupings of popular GNOME
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software.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>The <b>GNOME Fifth Toe</b> (<tt>x11/gnome2-fifth-toe</tt>)
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consists of stable GNOME applications that many users
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expect to find in a functional desktop environment. This
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includes image manipulation applications, chat and instant
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messenger applications, and music and multimedia players</li>
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<li>The <b>GNOME Hacker Tools</b>
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(<tt>devel/gnome2-hacker-tools</tt>) consists of applications
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developers would need to create and maintain GNOME software
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projects. This includes IDEs, interface builders, "hacker"
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editors, and code generation tools.</li>
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<li>The <b>GNOME Office</b> (<tt>editors/gnome2-office</tt>)
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consists of applications that are commonly found in office or
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productivity suites. This includes a spreadsheet application,
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word processor, project management application, database
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access application, groupware suite, and diagramming
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application.</li>
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<li>The <b>GNOME Power Tools</b>
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(<tt>x11/gnome2-power-tools</tt>) consists of utilities
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and applets for the technically-minded GNOME user. It
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also contains many useful add-on utilities for some of
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the applications found in the Desktop and Fifth
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Toe.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>To install any of these from packages:</p>
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<pre>
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# pkg_add -r <em>meta-port</em>
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</pre>
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<p>For example, to install the GNOME Fifth Toe from packages:</p>
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<pre>
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# pkg_add -r gnome2-fifth-toe
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</pre>
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<p>To install any of these from ports:</p>
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<pre>
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# cd /usr/ports/<em>category</em>/<em>meta-port</em>
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# make clean
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# make install clean
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</pre>
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<p>For example, to install the GNOME Fifth Toe from ports:</p>
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<pre>
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# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2-fifth-toe
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# make clean
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# make install clean
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</pre>
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</li>
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<!-- Q5 -->
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<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q5"></a>
|
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<p><b>What is the best way to upgrade from GNOME &gnomeoldver; to GNOME &gnomever;?</b></p>
|
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<!-- A5 -->
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<p>The &gnomeoldver; to &gnomever; may have a few
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caveats. You are strongly advised to read the
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<a href="faq226.html">upgrade FAQ</a> for detailed
|
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instructions.</p>
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</li>
|
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<!-- Q6 -->
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<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q6"></a>
|
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<p><b>How do I keep my GNOME &gnomever; components and applications
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up-to-date?</b></p>
|
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<!-- A6 -->
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|
<p>You are emphatically encouraged to use <tt>portupgrade</tt>
|
|
or <tt>portmaster</tt> to keep your GNOME
|
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&gnomever; components and applications up-to-date.</p>
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<p><u>Update your ports with <tt>portupgrade</tt> or
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<tt>portmaster</tt>.</u></p>
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<p>Once you have updated your ports tree (presumably with
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<tt>portsnap</tt>), the following two simple commands will update
|
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what needs to be updated, and will prevent inconsistencies:</p>
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<pre>
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# pkgdb -F
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# portupgrade -a
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</pre>
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<p>OR</p>
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<pre>
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# portmaster -a
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</pre>
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<p><u>Start from scratch.</u></p>
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<p>Despite consistent utilization of <tt>portupgrade</tt>
|
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or <tt>portmaster</tt>, if
|
|
it seems like everything is refusing to build with everything
|
|
else, you might save yourself a headache or three by removing
|
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all your GNOME apps and reinstalling them (your data files will
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remain untouched). To do this, follow these commands:</p>
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<pre>
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# pkg_delete -rf pkg-config\*
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# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2
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# make clean
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# make install clean
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</pre>
|
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|
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<p>After running the above commands, you will have to reinstall all
|
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the GNOME applications you desire. This process sounds painful,
|
|
but it is actually a great way to clear cruft off of your system.
|
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Just install applications as you need them, and you will be surprised
|
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how much disk space you have reclaimed. A full rebuild does take
|
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a significant amount of time; fortunately, this measure is only
|
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rarely needed.</p>
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</li>
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<!-- Q Uninstall -->
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<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="uninstall"></a>
|
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<p><b>How do I uninstall GNOME?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A Uninstall -->
|
|
<p>We would prefer that you did not uninstall GNOME ;-),
|
|
but if you must, you have to decide how much you want to
|
|
uninstall. If you have installed <tt>x11/gnome2</tt>
|
|
and you want to remove all Desktop components that do
|
|
not have other dependent packages, do the following:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
# pkg_deinstall -R x11/gnome2
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p><b>Note:</b> the <tt>pkg_deinstall</tt> command requires
|
|
you have <tt>ports-mgmt/portupgrade</tt> installed.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you want to force a removal of all Desktop
|
|
components (this is generally not recommended), do the
|
|
following:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
# pkg_deinstall -Rf x11/gnome2
|
|
</pre>
|
|
</li>
|
|
|
|
<!-- Q8 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q8"></a>
|
|
<p><b>Where can I get more themes for GNOME &gnomever;?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A8 -->
|
|
<p>On the following websites, you can find themes for GTK+,
|
|
metacity, nautilus, GDM, icons, backgrounds, and more:
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><a href="http://art.gnome.org">art.gnome.org</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="http://www.gnome-look.org">GNOME-look.org</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="http://www.themedepot.org">The Theme Depot</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="http://themes.freshmeat.net">themes.freshmeat.net</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href="http://jimmac.musichall.cz/icons.php">Jimmac's Icons site</a></li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>Some of these themes have already been ported to
|
|
FreeBSD. Check out the <tt>x11-themes/gnome-icons</tt> and
|
|
<tt>x11-themes/metacity-themes</tt> meta-ports for a nice
|
|
sample.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
|
|
<!-- Q9 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q9"></a>
|
|
<p><b>What window managers work well with GNOME &gnomever;?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A9 -->
|
|
<p>The <tt>gnome2</tt> meta-port installs the
|
|
Metacity window manager by default. Another popular window
|
|
manager that works well with GNOME &gnomever; is
|
|
<a href="http://sawmill.sourceforge.net/">Sawfish</a>. Sawfish
|
|
can be found in <tt>x11-wm/sawfish</tt>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To switch between Metacity and Sawfish in GNOME, you will need
|
|
to do the following:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
# killall metacity; sawfish &
|
|
# gnome-session-save --gui
|
|
</pre>
|
|
<p>The <tt>gnome-session-save</tt> is important. Without it, the
|
|
window manager will revert back to the one previously configured
|
|
upon next login. To switch back, simply reverse <tt>sawfish</tt>
|
|
and <tt>metacity</tt>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you have gotten the GNOME &gnomever; desktop working under an
|
|
alternative window manager, please take a screenshot and
|
|
<a href="mailto:&email;@FreeBSD.org">send it to us</a>!
|
|
</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
|
|
<!-- Q10 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q10"></a>
|
|
<p><b>Does GNOME &gnomever; support anti-aliased fonts?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A10 -->
|
|
<p>Yes! Anti-aliasing requires X.Org with
|
|
freetype2 support. To add freetype2 support to X, make
|
|
sure you have the following modules loaded in your
|
|
xorg.conf file under the Modules section:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
Load "freetype"
|
|
Load "type1"
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Then, simply check out the Fonts capplet under
|
|
Applications->Desktop Preferences. If you want a good set
|
|
of TrueType starter fonts, install the
|
|
<tt>x11-fonts/webfonts</tt> port.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Sometimes, after adding new fonts to the system, it is
|
|
necessary to teach fontconfig about them. If you find that
|
|
newly added fonts are not made available even after
|
|
restarting GNOME, run the following command as root:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
# fc-cache -f -v
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you have any questions, please send them to
|
|
<a href="mailto:&email;@FreeBSD.org">&email;@FreeBSD.org</a>.
|
|
</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
|
|
<!-- Q11 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q11"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How can I control what fonts are anti-aliased?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A11 -->
|
|
<p>GNOME &gnomever; makes use of libXft and fontconfig to
|
|
handle anti-aliasing. Fontconfig is a very powerful
|
|
XML-based font configuration package. You can create a
|
|
<tt>~/.fonts.conf</tt> file that controls virtually
|
|
every aspect of fontconfig. For example, if you do not
|
|
want to anti-alias fonts smaller than 16 point, create
|
|
a <tt>~/.fonts.conf</tt> with the following contents:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<?xml version="1.0"?>
|
|
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
|
|
<fontconfig>
|
|
|
|
<match target="font">
|
|
<test name="size" compare="less_eq">
|
|
<double>16</double>
|
|
</test>
|
|
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign">
|
|
<bool>false</bool>
|
|
</edit>
|
|
</match>
|
|
<match target="font">
|
|
<test name="pixelsize" compare="less_eq">
|
|
<double>16</double>
|
|
</test>
|
|
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign">
|
|
<bool>false</bool>
|
|
</edit>
|
|
</match>
|
|
</fontconfig>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Refer to fonts-conf(5) for more information.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
|
|
<!-- Q12 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q12"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I edit my GNOME menus?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A12 -->
|
|
<p>Right-click on the Applications menu, and select
|
|
<b>Edit Menus</b>. This will invoke the
|
|
<b>alacarte</b> menu editing tool.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
|
|
<!-- Q13 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q13"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I use GTK+ resource settings for GTK+ applications
|
|
when not in a GNOME environment?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A13 -->
|
|
<p>GNOME applications get their GTK+ resources from themes and
|
|
the corresponding theme engine. If you would rather run your
|
|
GTK+ applications in a non-GNOME environment then you will
|
|
need to create a file named <tt>~/.gtkrc-2.0</tt>.</p>
|
|
<p> To use the widgets from a GTK+ theme when in a non-GNOME
|
|
environment, simply <tt>include</tt> the theme's
|
|
<tt>gtk-2.0/gtkrc</tt> in your <tt>~/.gtkrc-2.0</tt>. For example:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>include "/usr/local/share/themes/Crux/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"</pre>
|
|
<p> If you prefer, you can use the same GTK+ 1.2 theme for both
|
|
GTK+ 1.2 and GTK+ 2 applications, which will give your GTK+
|
|
programs a consistent look. For the most part, you can transfer
|
|
your settings from your <tt>~/.gtkrc</tt> file (used for
|
|
GTK+ 1.2) with a couple of caveats.</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li> If you have any theme engine references, you will have
|
|
to make sure there is a corresponding GTK+ theme engine.
|
|
Otherwise, remove the engine entries.</li>
|
|
<li> The default font specification should be outside of
|
|
any <tt>style</tt> blocks and should be specified with
|
|
the <tt>gtk-font-name</tt> keyword. For example:
|
|
|
|
<pre>gtk-font-name = "Verdana 11"</pre>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p> Note that while a GTK+ 1.2 <tt>gtkrc</tt> file will work
|
|
in a GTK+ 2 <tt>gtkrc-2.0</tt> file, the opposite is <i>not</i>
|
|
true: the contents of a GTK+ 2 <tt>gtkrc-2.0</tt> file will
|
|
<i>not</i> work inside a GTK+ 1.2 <tt>gtkrc</tt> file.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>For simply switching GTK+ themes without needing to
|
|
edit your <tt>~/.gtkrc</tt> files, you can use the
|
|
<tt>x11/gtk-theme-switch</tt> and
|
|
<tt>x11/gtk2-theme-switch</tt> ports.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
|
|
<!-- Q14 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q14"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I configure settings for GNOME 1.4 applications under
|
|
GNOME &gnomever;?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A14 -->
|
|
<p>Install <tt>sysutils/gnome-control-center1</tt>, then invoke
|
|
<tt>gnomecc</tt> from the command line to bring up the GNOME
|
|
1.4 control center.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
|
|
<!-- Q15 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q15"></a>
|
|
<p><b>Brasero does not let me burn CDs or
|
|
Totem/Rhythmbox/Sound-juicer cannot find my CD/DVD drive. How can I
|
|
fix this?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A15 -->
|
|
<p>Brasero, totem, rhythmbox, and sound-juicer cannot
|
|
use CD/DVD drives unless support for those devices is
|
|
enabled in the kernel, and the permissions on the device
|
|
nodes allow write access.
|
|
Brasero, totem, rhythmbox, and sound-juicer talk to
|
|
CD/DVD drives through the SCSI CAM subsystem. Therefore,
|
|
you must make sure you have the following configured in your
|
|
kernel:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
device scbus
|
|
device cd
|
|
device pass
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>You must also make sure you have the following configured in
|
|
your kernel if you are using an ATAPI CD/DVD drive:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
device atapicam
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Finally, if you are running GNOME 2.16 or later, you
|
|
must have <a href="&base;/gnome/docs/halfaq.html">
|
|
HAL running</a>, or you will
|
|
only be able to burn to an ISO image file.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To figure out which CD/DVD drive you will be using, run the
|
|
following command as root:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
# camcontrol devlist
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Your output will look similar to the following:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<QSI CDRW/DVD SBW-242 UD22> at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (cd0,pass0)
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>The devices in parentheses at the end are important. You
|
|
must make sure the <tt>/dev</tt> entries for those devices
|
|
are writable by the users that will be using
|
|
brasero, totem, rhythmbox, or sound-juicer. In addition
|
|
to those devices, <tt>/dev/xpt*</tt> must also be writable to
|
|
your brasero, totem, rhythmbox, and sound-juicer users.
|
|
The following <tt>/etc/devfs.conf</tt> configuration will
|
|
achieve the desired results given the above devlist:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
perm cd0 0666
|
|
perm xpt0 0666
|
|
perm pass0 0666
|
|
</pre>
|
|
</li>
|
|
|
|
<!-- Q16 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q16"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I add new GDM sessions?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A16 -->
|
|
<p>The process for adding new GDM sessions has changed substantially
|
|
between GNOME 2.2 and &gnomever;. In order to add new sessions
|
|
now, you must create a <tt>.desktop</tt> file containing the session
|
|
configuration information. Session files live in
|
|
<tt>/usr/local/etc/dm/Sessions</tt>. For example, to add
|
|
a KDE session, create a file in <tt>/usr/local/etc/dm/Sessions</tt>
|
|
called <tt>kde.desktop</tt>. That file should contain the
|
|
following:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
[Desktop Entry]
|
|
Encoding="UTF"-8
|
|
Name="KDE"
|
|
Comment="This" session logs you into KDE
|
|
Exec=/usr/local/bin/startkde
|
|
TryExec=/usr/local/bin/startkde
|
|
Icon=
|
|
Type="Application"
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>This file must have execute permissions. For example:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
# chmod 0555 kde.desktop
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>After creating this file, restart GDM, and there will be a
|
|
<b>KDE</b> link under the <em>Sessions</em> menu.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- Q17 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q17"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I disable spatial Nautilus?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A17 -->
|
|
<p>As of GNOME 2.8, Nautilus operates in what is known as
|
|
a "spatial" mode. This means that each item is opened in
|
|
a new window. This may not be desirable to all users. If
|
|
you wish to revert back to the old Nautilus file system
|
|
browser, go to Desktop->Preferences->File
|
|
Management, click on the Behavior tab, and check the
|
|
"Always open in browser windows" checkbox.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- Q18 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q18"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I disable desktop icons for "Computer,"
|
|
"Home," and "Trash?"</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A18 -->
|
|
<p>If you do not want your desktop cluttered with the
|
|
default icons for "Computer," "Home," and "Trash," you can
|
|
disable any or all of them. To
|
|
do this, launch <b>Applications > System Tools >
|
|
Configuration Editor</b> (<tt>gconf-editor</tt> from the
|
|
command line), and go to the
|
|
<tt>/apps/nautilus/desktop</tt> key. From here, you can
|
|
enable or disable the icons, and even rename "Home" and
|
|
"Trash."</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- Q19 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q19"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I mount my removable media in
|
|
Nautilus?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A19 -->
|
|
<p>As of GNOME 2.22, the way auto-mounting works has
|
|
changed substantially. The full details are spelled out
|
|
in our <a href="&base;/gnome/docs/halfaq.html">HAL
|
|
FAQ</a>.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- Q20 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q20"></a>
|
|
<p><b>Why is GNOME so slow to start up?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A20 -->
|
|
<p>Under normal circumstances, GNOME should only take a
|
|
few seconds to start up (fifteen at most). However,
|
|
certain configurations may cause it to hang for up to an
|
|
hour at login time.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>First, make sure your machine's hostname properly
|
|
resolves. To test this, run the following command:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
ping `hostname`
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>If the command fails, you will either have to add your
|
|
fully-qualified hostname to DNS or to <tt>/etc/hosts</tt>.
|
|
If you do not have a static IP address, you can append
|
|
your hostname to the <tt>localhost</tt> line in
|
|
<tt>/etc/hosts</tt>. For example, if your machine's
|
|
hostname is <tt>gnome-rocks.mydomain.com</tt>, edit
|
|
<tt>/etc/hosts</tt>, and change the line:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>To:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain gnome-rocks gnome-rocks.mydomain.com
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Finally, if you have either the TCP or UDP blackhole
|
|
sysctl enabled, this may cause GNOME to stall on login.
|
|
If, after fixing hostname resolution,
|
|
GNOME still takes a long time to startup, verify the following
|
|
sysctls are set to 0:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
net.inet.tcp.blackhole
|
|
net.inet.udp.blackhole
|
|
</pre>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- Q21 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q21"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I install GNOME packages from the GNOME
|
|
Tinderbox?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A21 -->
|
|
<p>The GNOME Tinderbox is a service that continually builds
|
|
<a href="http://www.marcuscom.com/tinderbox/">i386</a>
|
|
and <a
|
|
href="http://cobbler.marcuscom.com/tinderbox/">amd64</a>
|
|
packages of the GNOME desktop for all supported versions
|
|
of FreeBSD. As hardware gets better, more meta-ports may
|
|
be added in the future. This service can be a great way
|
|
of getting the latest GNOME desktop without having to wait
|
|
for everything to build from ports.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To install packages from the GNOME Tinderbox, you must
|
|
set the <tt>PACKAGESITE</tt> environment variable to the
|
|
correct package directory. The package directory can be
|
|
found by clicking on the <em>Package Directory</em> link
|
|
on the main Tinderbox page for your architecture. Once you
|
|
have the correct package directory, you should append
|
|
<tt>/Latest/</tt> to it so you can <tt>pkg_add gnome2</tt>
|
|
without knowing any additional version numbers. For example,
|
|
if you are installing on i386 FreeBSD 6.3, set
|
|
<tt>PACKAGESITE</tt> to the following:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
http://www.marcuscom.com/tb/packages/6.3-FreeBSD/Latest/
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you are installing on amd64 FreeBSD 6.3, set
|
|
<tt>PACKAGESITE</tt> to the following:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
http://cobbler.marcuscom.com/space/packages/6.3-FreeBSD/Latest/
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- Q22 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q22"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I add new MIME types to GNOME?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A22 -->
|
|
<p>Since GNOME 2.8, MIME types are stored in the new
|
|
FreeDesktop shared-mime-info database. However,
|
|
gnome-control-center has not been updated to allow
|
|
one to easily add MIME types to this database.
|
|
Therefore, if applications such as Nautilus complain
|
|
that there is no MIME type associated with a particular
|
|
file, using the <em>Open With</em> tab under Properties
|
|
not work.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>New MIME types can be added in one of two places. They
|
|
can either be added system-wide for all users, or added
|
|
locally on a per-user basis. System-wide MIME types
|
|
must be added to
|
|
<tt>LOCALBASE/share/mime</tt> , where as local MIME types
|
|
must be added to <tt>~/.local/share/mime</tt>. In
|
|
both cases, the procedure is the same.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To define a new MIME type, you must create an
|
|
<em>application</em> and a <em>packages</em> file to
|
|
describe it. The application file will be named for
|
|
the MIME type, and contain its name and a brief
|
|
comment describing it. The packages file will list
|
|
all the extensions associated with this MIME type
|
|
as well as any special file magic that can be used
|
|
to identify files without an extension.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>For example, if we wanted to add a new local MIME type for
|
|
Windows HTML Help files (i.e. .chm files) called
|
|
<b>application/x-chm</b>, we would do the
|
|
following. First, we would create the directories
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<tt>~/.local/share/mime/application</tt> and
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<tt>~/.local/share/mime/packages</tt> if they did not
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already exist. Then, we create an application file
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called <tt>x-chm.xml</tt> that we will place in
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<tt>~/.local/share/mime/application</tt>. The file
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looks like:</p>
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<pre>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<mime-type
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xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info"
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type="application/x-chm">
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<comment>Windows HTML Help file</comment>
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</mime-type>
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</pre>
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<p>Next, we create a packages file called <tt>chm.xml</tt>
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that we will place in
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<tt>~/.local/share/mime/packages</tt>. The file looks
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like:</p>
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|
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<pre>
|
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<mime-info
|
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xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">
|
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<mime-type type="application/x-chm">
|
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<comment>Windows HTML Help file</comment>
|
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<glob pattern="*.chm" />
|
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</mime-type>
|
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</mime-info>
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</pre>
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|
|
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<p>Once the files have been created, the MIME database
|
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must be updated. To do that, run the command:</p>
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|
|
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<pre>
|
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% update-mime-database ~/.local/share/mime
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Finally (and unfortunately), you must logout and log
|
|
back in to GNOME for the changes to fully take effect.
|
|
Nautilus' <em>Properties->Open With</em> interface can now
|
|
be used to associate an application to this MIME type.
|
|
Hopefully all of this will be made much easier in a future
|
|
GNOME release.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- Q23 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q23"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I configure GDM for automatic logins?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A23 -->
|
|
<p>The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) can be configured to
|
|
automatically log a user in when it starts up. To do
|
|
that, you must first configure Pluggable Authentication
|
|
Module (PAM) support for <em>gdm-autologin</em>.
|
|
Create a <tt>/etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin</tt> file
|
|
with the following contents:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
auth required pam_permit.so
|
|
account required pam_nologin.so
|
|
account required pam_unix.so
|
|
session required pam_permit.so
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Once PAM is configured to allow GDM automatic logins,
|
|
edit <tt>/usr/local/etc/gdm/custom.conf</tt>, and set
|
|
<tt>AutomaticLoginEnable="true"</tt>, and
|
|
<tt>AutomaticLogin</tt> equal to the username for which
|
|
you wish to enable automatic logins. Both of these
|
|
properties should be placed under the
|
|
<tt>[daemon]</tt> heading. For example:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
[daemon]
|
|
AutomaticLoginEnable="true"
|
|
AutomaticLogin="marcus"
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>That will automatically login the user
|
|
<em>marcus</em> as soon as GDM launches.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- Q24 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q24"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I upgrade from gnome2-lite to the full
|
|
GNOME &gnomever; desktop?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A24 -->
|
|
<p>The <em>Lite</em> edition does not include all of
|
|
the components of the standard GNOME &gnomever; desktop.
|
|
If you wish to install the full desktop, first remove
|
|
the <tt>gnome2-lite</tt> package, then <a href="#q1">
|
|
install</a> the <tt>gnome2</tt> port or package. For
|
|
example:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
# pkg_delete gnome2-lite
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Then one of the following:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
# cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2
|
|
# make install clean
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>or:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
# pkg_add -r gnome2
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Alternatively, you can install additional GNOME
|
|
components individually using either their ports or
|
|
packages.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- Q25 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q25"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I enable Emacs-style keybindings in GTK+
|
|
applications?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A25 -->
|
|
<p>By default, GTK+ uses Windows-like keyboard shortcuts
|
|
for command line editing. Many UNIX users are more
|
|
familiar or more comfortable with Emacs-style shortcuts.
|
|
For example, GTK+ uses Control+A to mean, "select all,"
|
|
where as Emacs uses Control+A to mean, "put cursor at
|
|
the beginning of line."</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>In order to use Emacs-style keybindings in GTK+
|
|
applications, edit <tt>~/.gtkrc-2.0</tt>, and add the
|
|
following:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs"
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you are using the GNOME Desktop, however, this is
|
|
not sufficient. You must also change the GConf key
|
|
<tt>/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_key_theme</tt> to
|
|
"Emacs" using <b>Applications
|
|
> System Tools > Configuration Editor</b>
|
|
(<tt>gconf-editor</tt> from the command line).</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- Q26 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q26"></a>
|
|
<p><b>Why do I only see generic icons in Nautilus?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A26 -->
|
|
<p>This typically occurs for users that are not running
|
|
the full GNOME Desktop. By default,
|
|
<tt>gnome-session</tt> will start
|
|
<tt>gnome-settings-daemon</tt> automatically. This
|
|
daemon is responsible for setting many GTK+ and GNOME
|
|
preferences including the icon theme. If you are not
|
|
running the GNOME Desktop, make sure the following has
|
|
been added to your X11 session startup preferences:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
/usr/local/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon &
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you are running the full GNOME Desktop, there may be
|
|
a problem executing <tt>gnome-settings-daemon</tt>. Try
|
|
running
|
|
<tt>/usr/local/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon</tt> from
|
|
the command line, and check for any errors. Most
|
|
problems can be solved by reinstalling
|
|
<tt>sysutils/gnome-settings-daemon</tt>.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- Q27 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q27"></a>
|
|
<p><b>Why do I need confirm access to my keyring
|
|
every time Nautilus tries to open an external share?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A27 -->
|
|
<p>You did not mount the <tt>procfs</tt> file system.
|
|
Procfs is not mounted by default in recent releases of FreeBSD.
|
|
Consider adding the following line to your <tt>/etc/fstab</tt>
|
|
file:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- Q28 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q28"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I enable window compositing in GNOME?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A28 -->
|
|
<p>Starting with GNOME 2.22, the Metacity window manager includes
|
|
a compositing manager. When compositing is enabled,
|
|
widgets will get a drop shadow, and the Alt+Tab
|
|
application switcher will show previews of the
|
|
application windows.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Compositing is not enabled by default as not all
|
|
graphics cards and drivers will do well with it.
|
|
If your graphics card and driver support accelerated 3D
|
|
rendering and you want to use compositing you can enable
|
|
it using the following command:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
% gconftool-2 -s --type bool /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager true
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you want to disable it again, change "true" to
|
|
"false", and re-run the command.
|
|
You can also use <tt>gconf-editor</tt> to edit it.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>If your card is supported by the "nvidia," "intel",
|
|
"openchrome", or "radeon" (see the radeon(4) man page to make
|
|
sure your card is supported for 3D acceleration) drivers,
|
|
then compositing should work for you.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- Q29 -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="q29"></a>
|
|
<p><b>How do I get GDM to respect my locale settings?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- A29 -->
|
|
<p>Up until GNOME 2.20, GDM would read the locale settings
|
|
from <tt>/etc/login.conf</tt> or <tt>~/.login.conf</tt>.
|
|
This was broken in 2.20, and finally restored in GDM
|
|
2.26.1_3.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>However, GDM also offers a pull-down Language menu from which
|
|
you can choose your current locale. If you would rather not
|
|
use this menu or <tt>/etc/login.conf</tt>, you can set the
|
|
locale by adding the following to <tt>~/.profile</tt>:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
export LANG=<locale>
|
|
export LC_ALL=<locale>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Here, <tt><locale></tt> is the desired locale
|
|
(e.g. en_US.UTF-8, es_ES.ISO8859-15, fr_FR.ISO8859-1, etc.).</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To set the default locale for the GDM greeter, add the
|
|
same environment variables to <tt>/etc/profile</tt> or
|
|
define <tt>gdm_lang</tt> to the desired locale
|
|
in <tt>/etc/rc.conf</tt>.</p>
|
|
</li>
|
|
<!-- QPROCFS -->
|
|
<li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em"><a name="procfs"></a>
|
|
<p><b>Why do I not see any users in GDM?</b></p>
|
|
<!-- APROCFS -->
|
|
<p>You did not mount the <tt>procfs</tt> file system.
|
|
Procfs is not mounted by default in recent releases of FreeBSD.
|
|
You must add the following line to your <tt>/etc/fstab</tt>
|
|
file:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
|
|
</pre>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
</body>
|
|
</html>
|