Re: Installing and starting 0.27.1 on Red Hat 9

[Jens Bech Madsen <jbm oncable dk>]

On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 20:34, Allen Tam wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm not sure if I've successfully installed 0.27.1. When I install on 
> Red Hat 9, I get the following errors at the very end of the 
> installation. Can I ignore these errors?

No, they mean almost nothing got built.

> http://pdx.freedesktop.org/%7Efontconfig/release/xft-2.1.2.tar.gz
>             => `download/partial/xft-2.1.2.tar.gz'
> Resolving pdx.freedesktop.org... done.
> Connecting to pdx.freedesktop.org[131.252.208.82]:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
> 11:05:22 ERROR 403: Forbidden.
> 
> make[5]: *** 
> [http//pdx.freedesktop.org/~fontconfig/release/xft-2.1.2.tar.gz] Error 1
> make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/testuser/garnome-0.27.1/bootstrap/xft'
> *** GAR GAR GAR!  Failed to download download/xft-2.1.2.tar.gz!  GAR GAR 
> GAR! ***

The download site for xft, xrender and render have changed. It is now
http://pdx.freedesktop.org/~xlibs/release/ instead of
http://pdx.freedesktop.org/~fontconfig/release/

Edit the Makefiles for those three packages and try again.

> make[4]: *** [download/xft-2.1.2.tar.gz] Error 1
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/testuser/garnome-0.27.1/bootstrap/xft'
> make[3]: *** [../../bootstrap/xft/cookies/main.d/install] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/testuser/garnome-0.27.1/gnome/pango'
> make[2]: *** [../../gnome/pango/cookies/main.d/install] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/testuser/garnome-0.27.1/gnome/gtk+'
> make[1]: *** [../../gnome/gtk+/cookies/main.d/install] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/testuser/garnome-0.27.1/gnome/metacity'
> make: *** [../../gnome/metacity/cookies/main.d/install] Error 2
> 
> My other problem is I can't seem to start Garnome. I've put the 
> following script (from the Web site) in a "Garnome" file in 
> /etc/X11/gdm/Session with the proper permissions. I log in through the 
> GUI, select Garnome, but it says the session lasted less then 10 secs, 
> and kicks me out to the log in screen.

This is because the install isn't complete.


/Jens