And,
barti, when you install the "gnome" meta-package, there will be a README file. In it, you will see:
Code:
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Before running gnome-session(1), a system-wide D-Bus daemon needs to be
running ("dbus_daemon" needs to be added to the "pkg_scripts" variable
in rc.conf.local(8)).
Then the following line needs to be added:
exec /usr/local/bin/ck-launch-session /usr/local/bin/gnome-session
in ~/.xinitrc when using startx(1) (console login)
in ~/.xsession when using xdm(1) (X Display Manager login)
At one time, dbus was optional. This is not the case any longer. You must make these changes to the pkg_scripts variable in /etc/rc.conf.local so that dbus_daemon scripts are run during boot up, and you must revise the gnome-session command in your .xinitrc file also.