Re: starting gnome

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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@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 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@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 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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