%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ 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 There are reports of some panel icons not being displayed properly when using some themes, especially if your $GNOME_PREFIX is not /usr. As the root user, add the following lines to $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome-panelrc to correct the problem (ensure you substitute the correct path in the pixmap_path, if necessary): cat >> $GNOME_PREFIX/share/gnome-panelrc << "EOF" 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" EOF At this point you can bring up GNOME with startx.