gnome installation on openbsd 5.1

[barti]

This is taken from the post "openbsd user can't connect to adsl" .
I want to make it simple and working HOWTO .

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http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html

export PKG_PATH=ftp://openbsd.mirrorcatalogs.com/pub/OpenBSD/5.1/packages/i386/

Or other ftp site.



pkg_add -v gnome
pkg_add -v gnome-extras



In /etc/rc.conf make sure You have this:
pkg_scripts=dbus_daemon



Edit /root/.xinitrc
And add the line:
exec gnome-session


reboot

startx

[daemonfowl]

Congratulations barti !

In /etc/rc.conf make sure You have this:
pkg_scripts=dbus_daemon

You mean, in /etc/rc.conf.local to override default /etc/rc.conf .. better keep the latter untouched.
I'm not sure about whether it makes a difference , but what I usually do to get a full & complete Gnome desktop in OpenBSD :

pkg_add -v gnome-session

instead of :

pkg_add -v gnome

[barti]

Why then I don't see any menus in gnome?

maybe because,

pkg_add -v gnome-extras ?

[daemonfowl]

I've installed gnome-session & gnome-extras then started dbus-daemon ..
A screenshot from my OBSD-5.1 Box :


but my laptop has issues with gnome 3
( http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=7286 )

[backrow]

Originally Posted by daemonfowl

I'm not sure about whether it makes a difference , but what I usually do to get a full & complete Gnome desktop in OpenBSD :

pkg_add -v gnome-session

instead of :

This will not get you a complete Gnome in OpenBSD. You should pkg_add gnome (and possibly gnome-extras) instead: it’s a metapackage that pulls in all the necessary gnome packages, including gnome-session, automatically.

Notice the Makefile from the ports tree:

# minimal dependencies for a working desktop
RUN_DEPENDS-main += \
		x11/gnome/controlcenter \
		x11/gnome/eog \
		x11/gnome/file-roller \
		x11/gnome/gedit \
		x11/gnome/keyring \
		x11/gnome/media \
		x11/gnome/nautilus \
		x11/gnome/session \
		x11/gnome/system-monitor \
		x11/gnome/terminal

All of these will be installed automatically when you “pkg_add gnome”.

[daemonfowl]

Thank you @backrow !!
I doubted my post when I read the DESC in /usr/ports/x11/gnome/session :

gnome-session contains the GNOME session manager, as well as a
configuration program to choose applications starting on login.

To be frank , what I used to do was lame : because gnome-extras is too big , I'd install gnome-session , gnome-panel & gnome-menus .. not adequate though it works for me ..
I wish gnome could stay slim and barebone or at least allow a barebone base install (as is the case in NetBSD)

[daemonfowl]

Thanks to @backrow and to @jggimi !!
I was mistaken
Recap for me and barti : the right step :

  
$ sudo pkg_add gnome

( includes gnome-session itself & what's necessary for gnome-desktop gnome-panel gnome-themes-standard gnome-backgrounds gnome-desktop gnome-control-center ... )
then : (optionally)

   $ sudo pkg_add  gnome-extras

Screenshot of Gnome on my Acer Laptop :
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Screenshot from my ibook :
soon .. maybe never :-)
(those with a hardware shortcoming -my case- : Alt+right click on upper panel opens up a dialog box to add items etc .. )