I've been trying to install Gnome for my FreeBSD. This is the first time I got this far. I modified /etc/rc.conf to include
I rebooted, but all I got was a black screen after the computer displayed all tech jargon I can't understand. I got back into the /etc/rc.conf and say that I hadn't added gdm_enable="YES". So I added it. But when I went to save and exit, it gave me the error in the title.
I logged into a simple user then logged back in as root to make sure I had adequate permissions. Then I tried to modify the file but was met with the same error. I ran
I dug around the interwebs, and as far as I can tell no one outside the former Soviet Union has run into this problem. Any suggestions?
My apologies if I am a potato and this question has been answered. I searched around these fora and didn't find anything close.
EDIT: I found a solution for this particular problem.
Code:
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
gnome_enable="YES"
I logged into a simple user then logged back in as root to make sure I had adequate permissions. Then I tried to modify the file but was met with the same error. I ran
ls -l
to make sure, double sure, I had adequate permissions. Still nothing.I dug around the interwebs, and as far as I can tell no one outside the former Soviet Union has run into this problem. Any suggestions?
My apologies if I am a potato and this question has been answered. I searched around these fora and didn't find anything close.
EDIT: I found a solution for this particular problem.