RE: Newbie Install Question

["Juha Saarinen" <juha_saarinen email msn com>]

Create a new file in your home directory called .xinitrc by doing

	#cat > .xinitrc
	#PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
	#exec gnome-session

And press Ctrl-C to end cat. Do
	#cat .initrc

to check if you have the above in your .xinitrc file, and then start X with
startx.

-- Juha

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcus Fontenot [mailto:dpcajun@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, 5 March 1999 16:11
> To: gnomelist
> Subject: Newbie Install Question
>
>
> I know this must be simple but I cant figger this one out.
>
>
> I am running Redhat 5.2, the most generic install off the cd.
>
> I've downloaded gnome 1.0 from the gnome ftp site and installed
> everything using the Red Hat Package Manager.
>
> Now.. how to I start it?  According to the gnome website:
>
> Now that you have gotten all of the GNOME packages by either RPM or
> tarball sources you will need to configure either your .xinitrc,
> .xsession, or .Xclients files to run GNOME. You should be currently
> running one of these files to start your window manager of choice. The
> files are located in your $HOME directory.
>
> NOTE: If you are using xdm to start X you can only use the .xsession
> file.
>
>    Once you have determined which you are using to start X you should
> add the following lines to start GNOME:
>
>     exec gnome-session
>
>
> Only one problem.  I don't see any of these files in my home
> directory. Here is what I do have:
>
>
> .Xdefaults
> .bash_history
> .bash_logout
> .bash_profile
> .bashrc
> .mc  <---- directory
> .netscape  <----directory
> .newsrc-news.earthlink.net
> .wm_style
> Xrootenv.0
> html  <-----directory
> nsmail  <--- directory
>
>
> Ok, which file do I edit, I don't see the ones the instructions
> mention.  I've installed enlightment, but thats not running either, I
> using FVWM 95, so where do I go from here?
>
> Thanks
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