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| − | + | The next thing you'll probably want is a graphical user interface, which is what most people are comfortable with. So let's being emerging xwindows, which will provide a framework you can extend with a desktop manager. | |
| − | sudo emerge -av xorg-server eselect | + | '''$''' sudo emerge -av xorg-server eselect |
| − | + | There shold be a lot of packages that get installed with X, so feel free to go have a coffee. After the emerge has finished, we now need to configure xorg. First, lets update our environment. | |
| − | After the emerge has finished, we now need to configure xorg. | ||
| − | our environment. | ||
| − | sudo env-update | + | '''$''' sudo env-update && source /etc/profile |
| − | source /etc/profile | ||
| − | + | Now lets create our xorg.conf file. | |
| − | sudo Xorg -configure | + | '''$''' sudo Xorg -configure |
follow the questions you are asked to generate a default xorg.conf. You can edit | follow the questions you are asked to generate a default xorg.conf. You can edit | ||
the generated file if you wish | the generated file if you wish | ||
| − | sudo nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf | + | '''$''' sudo nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf |
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Revision as of 20:07, 3 December 2010
The next thing you'll probably want is a graphical user interface, which is what most people are comfortable with. So let's being emerging xwindows, which will provide a framework you can extend with a desktop manager.
$ sudo emerge -av xorg-server eselect
There shold be a lot of packages that get installed with X, so feel free to go have a coffee. After the emerge has finished, we now need to configure xorg. First, lets update our environment.
$ sudo env-update && source /etc/profile
Now lets create our xorg.conf file.
$ sudo Xorg -configure
follow the questions you are asked to generate a default xorg.conf. You can edit the generated file if you wish
$ sudo nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf