Re: gnome desktop

[Raf <rafiq dot ismail at abbey dot com>]

Hi Robert,

Robert Wolf <rwolf <at> sears.ca> writes:
> I noticed there is a 'gnome' package in cygwin. Is this a complete gnome
> desktop that I can run locally? If so how to start it up?

Unfortunately not.  I've given up on getting gnome to work out of the box.  If 
you search on sourceforge.net for cygnome, you'll find instructions which allow 
you to point your cygwin setup.exe at alternative archive.  This contains 
various gnome components.  I've found that inspite of the ease with which the 
installer builds most things, getting gnome to run is a real nightmare.  I had 
to symlink various library_version.dll's to library.dll's in the /bin dir.  
This got it working to a point where my desktop seg-faulted and my own patience 
collapsed.  

I haven't actually seen many mortals with working cygnome implementations and, 
in answer to your question, simply including the 'gnome' stuff in the initial 
set-up doesn't do much more than load in a number of applications and gtk 
libraries.  You "don't" get gnome-session.  Once's you have managed to get it 
on your box, it's still hell to set-up.

Don't give up, but do report your feed back.  I for one would be interested.

Cheers,

Raf



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