Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of GNOME
- Timestamp:
- Jan 18, 2012, 6:17:04 AM (12 years ago)
Legend:
- Unmodified
- Added
- Removed
- Modified
-
GNOME
v17 v18 5 5 The GNOME Foundation uses the version scheme where odd minor versions indicate that a package or product is a development version, such that GNOME 2.27.x is a development version, considered unstable, while 2.26.x is a release version that is considered stable. 6 6 == Running GNOME == 7 The GNOME desktop may be run by issuing the command '''gnome-session &''' from an ''xterm'', adding the line '''USERWM=gnome-session''' to a script in your ''~/.xinitrc.d'' directory, or adding the command '''exec gnome-session''' to a script in your ''~/.xinitrc.d'' directory. If you use [http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus dbus], you may prefer to use the command '''exec dbus-launch gnome-session''' to allow GNOME applications to take advantage of the dbus interprocess communications system.7 The GNOME desktop may be run by issuing the command '''gnome-session &''' from an ''xterm'', adding the line '''USERWM=gnome-session''' to a script in your ''~/.xinitrc.d'' directory, or adding the command '''exec gnome-session''' to a script in your ''~/.xinitrc.d'' directory. 8 8 === Environment === 9 9 The environment that GNOME runs in requires that the following variables be set. These are shown with the values for a default MacPorts installation: … … 24 24 The following examples are for use with MacPorts X11 server (xorg-server or xorg-server-devel), the Leopard X11 server, or the SnowLeopard X11 server. For Tiger support, you will need to make a custom ~/.xinitrc file rather than a custom ~/.xinitrc.d/90-gnome.sh script. The script must be set executable. 25 25 26 The following ''~/.xinitrc.d/90-gnome.sh'' requires dbus anduses quartz-wm for the WM:26 The following ''~/.xinitrc.d/90-gnome.sh'' uses quartz-wm for the WM: 27 27 {{{ 28 28 # make the freedesktop menu entries work … … 38 38 39 39 # start GNOME 40 exec dbus-launchgnome-session40 exec gnome-session 41 41 }}} 42 42