Please Help: Cannot Change settings from the GUI

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:38:32 -0500, Анатолий Терентьев <aviabunin at mail.ru>  
wrote:

> I have just installed Gnome 2.22 on my FreeBSD 7.2 computer, however,I
> am unable to change any settings from the GUI.
> It seems that all the settings are greyed out; even the unlock button is
> greyed out, meaning that I cannot press the button to gain the necessary
> authorization.
> I have logged into gnome using a user that has been added to the "wheel"
> group, so that I can su into root. However, if I launch, for example,
> network-admin while I have sued into rooot, I am still unable to change
> the interface settings.
> Can anyone explain me what gives and provide me with some info on what
> configuration file(s) to edit?
> I have not modified any of the original configuration files.
> I look forward to any responses.

Nothing in 'System' -> 'Administration' work. You can read here:  
http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/volunteer.html  
(sysutils/system-tools-backends part)

Cheers,
Mezz


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