gnome problems under slackware

[Alex Snow]

I didn't need to configure x at all on my slack 9.1 system. Once I 
installed x and gnome I ran pkgtool, chose the setup option, and reran 
the x window manager selection script. I chose gdm and the default and 
now all I need to do is run startx and gnome loads up fine.
On Thu, Nov 
27, 2003 at 05:34:01PM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> Thanks. I don't have a mouse attached, so I guess I'll need to wait with this until I get one.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 05:59:46PM -0500, Jacob Schmude wrote:
> > Hi
> > Did you configure X correctly? My guess is that X locked up either due to lack of configuration or incorrect configuration. Best way is to run xfree86-setup 
> > utility that comes with slack, then edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and put in your monitor's horizontal and vertical sync rates if you need to. Also, make sure you 
> > have a mouse plugged in, I've had X lock up on me for having no mouse.
> > I think you may be going about starting gnome and gnopernicus the wrong way. What you probably want to do is:
> > 1. link /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.gnome to /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, this is probably why you only heard a very small bit of hd activity. Gnome was probably not the 
> > default window manager.
> > 2. log in as your user in text mode and issue:
> > gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility true
> > 3. export GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge:gail-gnome
> > export GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY=1
> > 4. run startx
> > 5. within gnome, press alt+f2 and type gnopernicus and press enter
> > If everything's set up, that'll make it come up talking. I'd advise adding the export lines to .bash_profile. The gconftool-2 command only needs to be issued 
> > once. You can make gnopernicus start automatically from within gnome's control center accessibility options. Note in general, starting X apps from the 
> > console isn't the best way to do it.
> > HTH
> > 
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