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now emerge xfce and some other related packages. | now emerge xfce and some other related packages. | ||
| − | '''$''' sudo emerge -av xfce4-meta xfce4-mixer thunar-archive-plugin x11-terms/terminal xfce4-screenshooter galculator gedit mesa-progs | + | '''$''' sudo emerge -av xfce4-meta xfce4-mixer thunar-archive-plugin x11-terms/terminal xfce4-screenshooter galculator gedit mesa-progs tango-icon-theme |
once the emerge has completed, you'll want to add yourself and any other users to the necessary groups. Simply substitute in your desired users for ''username'' below. | once the emerge has completed, you'll want to add yourself and any other users to the necessary groups. Simply substitute in your desired users for ''username'' below. | ||
Revision as of 12:26, 5 December 2010
This guide focuses on using xfce4 as a display manager. Xfce4 is lightweight and highly customizable.
check your make.conf for the following USE flags: USE="-gnome -kde -minimal -qt3 -qt4 X branding dbus hal lock session startup-notification thunar"
now emerge xfce and some other related packages.
$ sudo emerge -av xfce4-meta xfce4-mixer thunar-archive-plugin x11-terms/terminal xfce4-screenshooter galculator gedit mesa-progs tango-icon-theme
once the emerge has completed, you'll want to add yourself and any other users to the necessary groups. Simply substitute in your desired users for username below.
$ for x in plugdev cdrom cdrw usb ; do sudo gpasswd -a username $x ; done
to start xfce with xwindows
$ sudo echo "exec startxfce4" > ~/.xinitrc
Next you'll want to Configure Login Manager.