%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Configuring the Core GNOME Packages Create (or append to) an .xinitrc file to start GNOME: echo "exec gnome-session" >> ~/.xinitrc Ensure all libraries can be found with (as root): ldconfig Update the MIME-type application database (as root): update-desktop-database At this point you can bring up GNOME with startx.