From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Received: by 10.50.109.200 with SMTP id hu8mr2207800igb.0.1421938735533; Thu, 22 Jan 2015 06:58:55 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.50.131.195 with SMTP id oo3ls1175360igb.7.gmail; Thu, 22 Jan 2015 06:58:55 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.50.143.75 with SMTP id sc11mr593638igb.1.1421938735202; Thu, 22 Jan 2015 06:58:55 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 06:58:53 -0800 (PST) From: Antonio Malcolm To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Message-Id: <9386866b-d729-4587-bd55-ab639a2da6ed@googlegroups.com> Subject: Decent Starting Point For Rolling A Desktop Environment? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_765_156501062.1421938733890" ------=_Part_765_156501062.1421938733890 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_766_1793365106.1421938733891" ------=_Part_766_1793365106.1421938733891 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Currently, I'm attempting to roll a gdm + cinnamon DE, and have the packages installed, but configuration is going less than stellar. Adding the entries to /etc/rc.conf doesn't seem to do much good, as I can't launch gdm. Xorg is installed, and I can start that just fine. Adding dbus and gdm to DAEMONS=() in /etc/rc.conf results in booting to a command line prompt, only to see an "Error in module" message after authenticating. Adding them to /etc/rc.conf via enable_dbus="YES" and enable_gdm="YES" does nothing. Most of the current documentation from a Google search results in countless references to installing with systemd, but I'm trying to avoid systemd. (That said, it's tempting, because it looks easier.) ------=_Part_766_1793365106.1421938733891 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Currently, I'm attempting to roll a gdm + cinnamon DE, and have the packages installed, but configuration is going less than stellar.
Adding the entries to /etc/rc.conf doesn't seem to do much good, as I can't launch gdm.
Xorg is installed, and I can start that just fine.

Adding dbus and gdm to DAEMONS=() in /etc/rc.conf results in booting to a command line prompt, only to see an "Error in module" message after authenticating.
Adding them to /etc/rc.conf via enable_dbus="YES" and enable_gdm="YES"  does nothing.

Most of the current documentation from a Google search results in countless references to installing with systemd, but I'm trying to avoid systemd.
(That said, it's tempting, because it looks easier.)

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