Re: Gnome desktop

[John Stevenson <John.Stevenson@valtech.co.uk>]

Alternitvely, you could use gnome-session which will run gmc and the gnome panel (an
anything from previous sessions) for you.  Create a .xinitrc file in your users home
directory and include the following line:

gnome-session

Hope this helps.
Johnny.

Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:

> >>>>> "Sandy" == Sandy Shapiro <sshapiro@ucsd.edu> writes:
>
>     > I installed Debian (slink) and the X Window system. My "manual"
>     > that came with the CD, "Learning Debian Gnu/Linux" has a section
>     > on using GNOME.
>
>     > Most of the things they refer to are there, but two are missing:
>     > home directory icon and File Manager. I suspect they didn't get
>     > installed. I used dselect to check the CD Rom, but I can't find
>     > any Gnome related files that are uninstalled.
>
>     > Are they listed under another name? Is there some other way to
>     > complete the installation? I kind of enjoy using Gnome, and I
>     > would like to find and install the rest of it.
>
> They are both the same think.  You need the gmc package, and just run
> gmc when you are in X windows.
>
> Marshal
>
>     > Thanks,
>
>     > Sandy Shapiro
>
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