On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 03:19 +0200, Jonathan J. Vargas R. wrote: > hi, > > i got required packages to build gnome 2.10, i tried to build them > without order.. and after some retries i got all packages successfully > built.. then i tried to start gnome-session, and it ran without > probs.. except for some insignificant applets (clock and something > else) that pretended to run. > > but my menu is empty, the gnome-control-center main windows shows > nothing (nothing means nothing at all), neither desktop properties > appear when i rick click the desktop and select it. > > the only thing i can do is to run a terminal with a right click on the > desktop.. I also can open nautilus and browse files, just that. > > i built every package in the gnome platform sources, and most of the > desktop sources too. > > the general way i built those packages was: > > ./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome2 --enable-nls > make && make install > > since all those packages and depedencies are up-to-date and built > successfully, this carries me to think that I performed some mistakes, > missed something or i am using a bad build strategy.. > > so I wonder if could I find somewhere a magic document named "Building > GNOME 2.10 From Scratch" that defines the right procedures in the > process of bulding, build order, and if required initial configuration > after building to get it working propertly, and further resources to > get a cool gnome system. > > thanks, > Correct if I'm misunderstanding, but why on earth would you build GNOME 2.10 from scratch? Why don't you use a distro that uses apt-get (Synaptic front-end), such as Ubuntu. Binary distros are the way to go. Building a whole DE version from scratch can be a real nightmare. It seems rather pointless to me unless you plan on learning Linux in-depth. Apologies, if I'm misunderstanding. -Christian. > _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
