gnome on current questions

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 22:24 +0100, Martin Smith wrote:
> I have installed a current system, updated to about a week ago and built
> from source gnome2, which after sorting out a couple glitches is now
> installed, but there seem to be a few anomalies and I am wondering whether
> these are due to it being current rather than stable, or has something
> wierd happened to my installation. I did think the compile was pretty
> quick, but maybe I wrongly remembered how long it took last time I did it,
> about a year ago.
> 
> GDM does not appear like the gdm I am used to seeing, more like a somewhat
> slicker version of xdm from about 8 years ago, and it allows root logins
> by default, which I am certain gdm never did. It offers the possibility to
> set up a keyboard and language, but actually does not, and appears as a
> small box against what is the green default desktop background
> 
> There is no option to shut down or restart from the system menu on the
> desktop, only to log out.
> 
> None of the items in the system > administration menu are functional, they
> all claim not be compatible with the operating system I am running,
> listing fbsd up to 7 only.

Updating these tools to work properly on FreeBSD is currently on the
projects list.  We need a volunteer to do the work.

> 
> So is this par for the course with current or has something gone awfully
> wrong with my installation?

Make sure you have /proc mounted.

Joe

> 
> Any comment most welcome
> 
> 
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> 
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