starting gnome

[Kristoffer Gustafsson]

Hello!
I see for a short time only " screen not in text mode"
Then I'm returned to the console with " cannot open display"
/Kristoffer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willem van der Walt" <wvdwalt at csir.co.za>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: starting gnome


> That is strange, but X is the server required for all graphical
> applications, so it is not a desktop like gnome or kde, gnome or kde runs
> using X.
> What happens if you do startx?
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote:
>
>> HEllo!
>> My fedora 7 installed gnome and orca, without installing the x.
>>
>> I'm a bit comfused, is x a desktop environment of its own, or is x just a
>> server wich gnome and kde runs on?
>>
>> /Kristoffer
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willem van der Walt" 
>> <wvdwalt at csir.co.za>
>> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 1:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: starting gnome
>>
>>
>> > 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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