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From: "Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)" <nightmorph@g.o>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: gnome-config.xml
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:07:33
Message-Id: 20110703040704.E33C82004B@flycatcher.gentoo.org
1 nightmorph 11/07/03 04:07:04
2
3 Modified: gnome-config.xml
4 Log:
5 quick'n'dirty de-HALification for the gnome guide, bug 373805
6
7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.33 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml
9
10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml?rev=1.33&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml?rev=1.33&content-type=text/plain
12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml?r1=1.32&r2=1.33
13
14 Index: gnome-config.xml
15 ===================================================================
16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.32
18 retrieving revision 1.33
19 diff -u -r1.32 -r1.33
20 --- gnome-config.xml 7 Jun 2010 09:02:51 -0000 1.32
21 +++ gnome-config.xml 3 Jul 2011 04:07:04 -0000 1.33
22 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
23 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
24 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
25 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml,v 1.32 2010/06/07 09:02:51 nightmorph Exp $ -->
26 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml,v 1.33 2011/07/03 04:07:04 nightmorph Exp $ -->
27
28 <guide>
29 <title>The GNOME Configuration HOWTO</title>
30 @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
31 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
32 <license/>
33
34 -<version>1.24</version>
35 -<date>2010-06-07</date>
36 +<version>2</version>
37 +<date>2011-07-02</date>
38
39 <chapter>
40 <title>What is GNOME?</title>
41 @@ -86,15 +86,14 @@
42 <p>
43 Before you start installing GNOME, you might want to edit your USE variables.
44 Make sure that <c>X</c>, <c>gtk</c>, and <c>gnome</c> are in your USE variable
45 -listed in <path>/etc/make.conf</path>. If you want support for <c>hald</c>, the
46 -hardware abstraction layer daemon add <c>hal</c> to your USE flags. The same
47 -goes for <c>dbus</c>, a system message bus Gnome uses extensively. If you don't
48 -want KDE support (the other big desktop environment), remove <c>qt4</c> and
49 -<c>kde</c>.
50 +listed in <path>/etc/make.conf</path>. If you want support for <c>dbus</c>, a
51 +system message bus Gnome uses extensively, add it to your USE flags. If you
52 +don't want KDE support (the other big desktop environment), remove <c>qt4</c>
53 +and <c>kde</c>.
54 </p>
55
56 <pre caption="Example USE in /etc/make.conf">
57 -USE="-qt4 -kde X dbus gtk gnome hal"
58 +USE="-qt4 -kde X dbus gtk gnome"
59 </pre>
60
61 <p>
62 @@ -106,6 +105,12 @@
63 # <i>echo "gnome-base/gnome-session branding" &gt;&gt; /etc/portage/package.use</i>
64 </pre>
65
66 +<note>
67 +If you use the <c>desktop</c> profile, these USE flags will be set for you. You
68 +can check your profile by running <c>eselect profile list</c> and <c>eselect
69 +profile set &lt;profile-name&gt;</c> as root.
70 +</note>
71 +
72 <p>
73 Once done, start installing GNOME by emerging <c>gnome</c>:
74 </p>
75 @@ -133,13 +138,11 @@
76 </pre>
77
78 <p>
79 -Next we'll clean up the remaining services.
80 +Next we'll clean up the remaining services and user groups.
81 </p>
82
83 -<pre caption="Adding hald and dbus to the default runlevel">
84 -# <i>/etc/init.d/hald start</i>
85 -# <i>rc-update add hald default</i>
86 -
87 +<pre caption="Services and groups">
88 +# <i>gpasswd -a yourregularuser plugdev</i>
89 # <i>/etc/init.d/dbus start</i>
90 # <i>rc-update add dbus default</i>
91 </pre>
92 @@ -158,7 +161,7 @@
93 <uri link="/doc/en/xorg-config.xml">X Server Configuration Howto</uri>):
94 </p>
95
96 -<pre caption="Having GNOME as default desktop environment">
97 +<pre caption="Setting GNOME as the default desktop environment">
98 $ <i>echo "exec gnome-session" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</i>
99 </pre>
100
101 @@ -222,14 +225,6 @@
102 you don't need to edit <path>~/.xinitrc</path>.
103 </p>
104
105 -<p>
106 -To use the functionality of <c>hald</c> you need to add your user to the
107 -<c>plugdev</c> group. If you want support for devices not handled by the
108 -<c>nautilus</c> file manager, or if you're not using <c>nautilus</c> at all, you
109 -might want to make sure that <c>gnome-volume-manager</c> is built with the
110 -<c>automount</c> USE flag, and that it's started every time you login.
111 -</p>
112 -
113 </body>
114 </section>
115 </chapter>