source: gnome/core/config.xml@ daa06e4

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<sect1 id="gnome-config">
  <?dbhtml filename="config.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Configuring the Core GNOME Packages</title>

  <para>Create (or append to) an <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file to start
  <application>GNOME</application>:</para>

<screen><userinput>echo "exec gnome-session" &gt;&gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>

  <para>Ensure all libraries can be found with (as
  <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>):</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>ldconfig</userinput></screen>

  <para>Update the MIME-type application database
  (as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>):</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>update-desktop-database</userinput></screen>

  <!-- I'm not sure this is required in GNOME-2.10.1, as it all appears to work

  <para>There are reports of some panel icons not being displayed properly when
  using some themes, especially if your <envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar> is not
  <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>. As the root user, add the
  following lines to <filename>$GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome-panelrc</filename> to
  correct the problem (ensure you substitute the correct path in the
  pixmap_path, if necessary):</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome-panelrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
<literal>
pixmap_path "/opt/gnome-2.8/share/pixmaps"

style "panel-icons"
{
        stock ["panel-screenshot"] =    {{"gnome-screenshot.png"}}
        stock ["panel-gnome-logo"] =    {{"gnome-logo-icon-transparent.png"}}
        stock ["panel-cde"] =           {{"cdeappmenu.png"}}
        stock ["panel-launcher"] =      {{"launcher-program.png"}}
        stock ["panel-run"] =           {{"gnome-run.png"}}
        stock ["panel-drawer"] =        {{"panel-drawer.png"}}
        stock ["panel-main-menu"] =     {{"gnome-main-menu.png"}}
        stock ["panel-force-quit"] =    {{"panel-force-quit.png"}}
}

class "GtkWidget" style "panel-icons"
</literal>
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>

  -->

  <para>At this point you can bring up <application>GNOME</application> with
  <command>startx</command>.</para>

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