FreeBSD 10.0 port GNOME 2 issue with Python 2.7.5 dependency

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tke1980

Hello all,

End Goal:
I am a Windows administrator and programmer. In an attempt to develop new skills, namely Linux, decided to wipe my personal laptop and install FreeBSD 10 and GNOME 2.

Issue Background:
I did a clean install of FreeBSD 10 from memory stick; downloaded, and installed the latest portsnap package. As I am nearly brand new to Linux, I don't know what I will need, so I am making one of the classic mistakes I complain about my Windows users doing. During install of gnome2, I have been selecting all options at every menu screen.

Corrected Issue:
I did run into a circular dependency issue that included the DRI port that I corrected by removing the dependency in DRI, porting DRI, and then porting the dependency I removed. After this, gnome2 install continued to progress.

Current Issue:
GNOME 2, or one of its many dependencies, require Python 2.7.5. This port fails with the error pyth.h not found. I have been unable to find this file on line, and if I did, wouldn't know where to put it.

Steps Taken:
Ported Python 3.3, to no effect.
Fetched, unpacked and made Python 2.7.5, this allowed the GNOME 2 port to progress for a while, then failed again stating the developer headers were not found.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
First things first as it is imperative to get it right, FreeBSD is NOT a Linux. So stop calling it that.

How exactly are you installing GNOME? It almost sounds like you're trying to build from source instead of ports.
 
To make it more easily, you can do the following:

First, install ports-mgmt/portmaster as usually you install whatever port:
Code: 
# cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster/ && make install clean

Then install GNOME 2 using portmaster(8)() just by running # portmaster x11/gnome2
 
Before my most recent attempt, I did a portsnap fetch extract. It exited with error code 1 from /usr/ports/lang/python27/work/Python-2.7.5/portbld.shared

Error:
Code: 
/use/ports/lang/python/work/Python-2.7.5/Python/thread_pthread.h:193: undefined reference to 'pthread_create' 
cc: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
 
Code: 
/use/ports/lang/python/work/Python-2.7.5/Python/thread_pthread.h:193: undefined reference to 'pthread_create' 
cc: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

This should be fixed after enable PTH option in lang/python27. Use make config to change the port configuration options.
 
Install finally finished without errors, but when I try to run startx, I get a message from xinit stating that the connection to x server was lost.
 
Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log for errors. Post here so we can have a look.

Also, what does your ~/.xinitrc look like? Your /etc/X11/xorg.conf might be useful as well if you have one.
 
These are large files, I'm not going to be able to retype them. I'm writing my posts from my tablet. If I connect the tablet to my laptop, how can I find, mount, and copy the files so I can attach the here?
 
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