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2008-08-16 , 03:15
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Originally Posted by Maxoueb View Post
Hi Qole!
Would it be possible for you to make a (little bit more detailed) step-by-step guide for installing/running Gnome as you did? (ie. easy debian running from partition)

Thanks in advance!

Max
This worked for me (just breaking down qole's instructions a bit)...

This assumes you have the easy-debian package installed and already have debian installed in an ext2/3 partition.


After you run 'sudo debian' in the terminal:

Code:
apt-get install gnome-core gdm gnome-media gnome-system-monitor gnome-system-tools gnome-volume-manager gnome-utils gnome-app-install
Then duplicate /debian/usr/bin/xpice and call it something like xpgnome. Change the 4th and 5th lines in that file to:

Code:
export WMNAME="GNOME"
export WMEXEC="gnome-session"
Then duplicate /usr/share/applications/hildon/debwm.desktop and call it gnome.desktop .

Change the Exec line in that file to:
Code:
Exec=/usr/bin/hostwin GNOME 'sudo debian xpgnome'
And you're good to go!

A few notes: You may need to 'hack hal' to get gnome to install (I did). Refer to qole's instructions on how... If you don't have debian on a ext partition yet, you can download: http://qole.maemobox.org/debian-chro...040608.tar.bz2 and untar it on your ext partition. Also, don't forget to change /home/user/.chroot to point to your new ext partition.
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Last edited by BrentDC; 2008-08-16 at 14:54. Reason: there is no /hom/.../.../, lol
 

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