16th May 2008
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More noise than signal
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 7,984
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Step by step:
- Boot 4.3 install media. Run installation script.
- When partitioning OpenBSD, be sure to add a "b" partition for swap space. A general rule of thumb is 2X your RAM. For your configuration, then, set up a 512MB swap partition. You've had problems with the OS hanging up, and you've admitted you do not (or did not) have swap space configured.
- Be sure to install all 5 X filesets. Do not leave any out. xbase, xetc, xshare, xserv, and xfont must all be installed.
- When the script asks if you will be running X, tell it "Y"
- After install, reboot and log in as root.
- Set your PKG_PATH environment variable appropriately, per FAQ 15. e.g.:
# export PKG_PATH=ftp://rt.fm/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/packages/i386/
- Install gnome packages. At minimum, as has been described above, all you need do is:
# pkg_add gnome-session
- Use the adduser(8) command and set up a normal user. Log in as that user. Create an .xinitrc file with one line containing "exec gnome-session" in it. You can use an editor, such as vi(1) or mg(1), or you can use the echo(1) command and route the output to the file like this:
$ echo exec gnome-session > .xinitrc
- Start X:
$ startx
Last edited by jggimi; 16th May 2008 at 01:30 PM.
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