Installed FreeBSD 9 and X - what now?

[ryu]

I've installed FreeBSD 9 now for the first time. After the basic installation was ready, I logged in as root and done this:

pkg_add -r xorg
pkg_add -r gnome2

Then I saw probably a bit too late in the handbook, that I have to configure X first.

So I've added this to /etc/rc.conf:

hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"

After the reboot my mouse and keyboard are working without problems.

Then I've done:

[cmd=]startx[/cmd]

And X started without problems (opened three graphical windows)

So, my question is, what should I do next? Should I configure X more like described here http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html or should I configure gnome2 now? (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html)

 

[SirDice]

If X works as expected (resolution, mouse, keyboard, etc) you can move onto configuring Gnome.

 

[ryu]

Thank you. I've successfully installed FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE with X and GNOME 2.

I've done it this way:

1. Install FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE (basic installation)

2. Login as root and type
# pkg_add -r xorg
# pkg_add -r gnome2

3. Add to /etc/rc.conf

hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES

4. Restart.

5. Login as root again and type # startx

6. Exit and Reboot

6. Add to /etc/fstab

proc           /proc       procfs  rw  0   0

7. Add to /etc/rc.conf

gdm_enable="YES" 
gnome_enable="YES"

8. Reboot.

 

[Dereckson]

You didn't have to reboot, the next time, you can do instead the following steps (in gray the unchanged steps).

1. Install FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE (basic installation)

2. Login as root and type
# pkg_add -r xorg
# pkg_add -r gnome2

3. Add to /etc/rc.conf

hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES

4. Start yourself dbus and hald:
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbus start
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald start

(note you should also consider to start avahi-daemon and avahi-dnsconfd, required by GNOME)

5. (it's not needed to startx at this step)

6. (reboot isn't needed at this step)


6. Add to /etc/fstab

proc           /proc       procfs  rw  0   0

7. Add to /etc/rc.conf

gdm_enable="YES" 
gnome_enable="YES"

8. Mount /proc and start gdm yourself:
# mount /proc
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/gdm start