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Old 14th July 2012
daemonfowl daemonfowl is offline
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hi barti ! Congratulations ! I envy you since you have gnome working :-) .. (poor me, I had to regress to 5.0 just to install gnome 2 then upgrade etc ... )
To avoid logging as root , set sudo this way :
0- Login as root with su
1- run this command : visudo
2- uncomment (remove initial #) this line to use sudo without password :
Code:
     %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: SETENV: ALL
The ~/.xinitrc file is needed if you want to run some window manager other than default fvwm that you described as grey (fvwm's conf file is /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc)

The X -configure commands is needed only when X fails to start so you have to let load all drivers to get a second chance with some new or exotic hardware.
For me it's this simple :
no xdm , no .xinitrc , just install yoyr favorite window manager and start it with the command xinit .. example : golem , a lovely window manager :
Code:
sudo pkg_add golem
$ xinit /usr/local/bin/golem
or make an alias in your .profile (it's in in your home directory)
Code:
  alias gn="xinit /usr/local/bin/gnome-session"
  alias go="xinit /usr/local/bin/golem"
  alias kd="xinit /usr/local/bin/startkde"
  alias io="xinit /usr/local/bin/ion3"
  alias fv="xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc"
(but here , make sure the short aliases don't collide with some existing commands)

Quote:
How can I communicate If I don't know the language?
barti , try to keep a positive attitude .. :-)
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