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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="gnome-config">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="config.html"?>
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10 |
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12 | <title>Configuring the Core GNOME Packages</title>
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13 |
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14 | <para>Create (or append to) a <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> file to start
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15 | <application>GNOME</application>:</para>
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16 |
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17 | <screen><userinput>echo "exec gnome-session" >> ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
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18 |
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19 | <para>If you have <xref linkend="dbus"/> installed, you can start the
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20 | <application>D-BUS</application> session daemon here as well. Starting the
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21 | session daemon here has the added bonus that it will exit when you log out
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22 | of your <application>GNOME</application> session. If you wish to start the
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23 | daemon here, use the following command instead of the one shown above:</para>
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24 |
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25 | <screen><userinput>echo "exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session" >> ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
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26 |
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27 | <note>
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28 | <para>Check the <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> file and ensure you have
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29 | no other window managers or other <application>X</application> applications
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30 | mentioned before <application>GNOME</application>.</para>
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31 | </note>
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32 |
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33 | <para>Ensure all libraries can be found by updating the linker's cache (as
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34 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>):</para>
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35 |
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36 | <screen role='root'><userinput>ldconfig</userinput></screen>
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37 |
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38 | <para>Update the MIME-type application database
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39 | (as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>):</para>
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40 |
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41 | <screen role='root'><userinput>update-desktop-database</userinput></screen>
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42 |
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43 | <para>At this point you can bring up <application>GNOME</application> with
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44 | <command>startx</command>.</para>
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45 |
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46 | </sect1>
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