On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, Ed Lerner wrote:
Hello,
I have been wanting to put FreeBSD on my laptop for some time now. I backed
up all of my files to a separate HD. I burned 8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso to a
DVD and installed it on my laptop, removing all partitions so FreeBSD is my
sole OS. I also used the FreeBSD boot manager. I have attempted a number of
different settings variations and installations. My problem is that FreeBSD
seems to install properly, yet I cannot get to a GUI. I have added all ports
and specifically checked the GNOME packages. When I attempt to run 'gdm', I
get returned:
** (gdm-binary:878): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to system bus: Failed to
connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
You need to start the GNOME services (including dbus):
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html
Short form: add gnome_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and restart.
For the future, it's often helpful to identify the notebook you're
using. You might find information on specific models here:
http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html
-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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