starting gnome

[Willem van der Walt]

Gnome and X are two different things.  If you try to install gnome, it 
would require you to install X as well.
And you would then want to also install orca or I think its full name is 
gnome-orca.


On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> Oh, I see. I didn't install the x server.
> I thought that gnome and x was 2 different things.
> 
> /Kristoffer
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rynhardt P Kruger" <rkruger at gawab.com>
> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:27 PM
> Subject: Re: starting gnome
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Usually you start gnome when you start x11. You can start it with the
> > "startx" command.
> >
> > Take care,
> > Rynhardt
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 11:58:59AM +0200, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > How do I start gnome?
> > >
> > > I've never found any entrance in it, my system just starts up in text mode
> > > by default.
> > > I've installed the gnome desktop. and I would like to try out orca with
> > > braille in the meantime. I can't get ttsynth binaries for speakup, and
> > > ttsynth-say to compile, so I figured out that I'll have a break, and then
> > > give it another try when I've calmed down a bit.
> > >
> > > /Kristoffer
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