Index: gnome-config.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gnome-config.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -B -r1.26 gnome-config.xml
--- gnome-config.xml	23 May 2008 20:00:57 -0000	1.26
+++ gnome-config.xml	12 Aug 2009 18:55:37 -0000
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 <author title="Editor">
   <mail link="nightmorph"/>
 </author>
+<author title="Editor">
+  <mail link="eva"/>
+</author>
 
 <abstract>
 A frequently used environment is GNOME. This HOWTO tries to describe
@@ -127,27 +130,13 @@
 # <i>env-update &amp;&amp; source /etc/profile</i>
 </pre>
 
-<p>
-If you paid attention to the output of your previous <c>emerge</c> command,
-you'll notice that it suggests using <c>gamin</c> to have nautilus and
-gnome-vfs monitor file changes:
-</p>
-
-<pre caption="Installing gamin, a file alteration monitor">
-# <i>emerge gamin</i>
-</pre>
-
 <impo>
-If you are switching from <c>fam</c> (the old, deprecated file monitor) to
-<c>gamin</c>, you will need to remove <c>famd</c> from all runlevels and then
-unmerge it:
+If it is not the first time you install gnome, you might remember about
+<c>fam</c> or <c>gamin</c>. Those packages are absolutely not needed anymore
+if you are running a recent enough Linux kernel. If you are running
+Gentoo/FreeBSD or an old linux kernel, you may consider enabling fam USE flag.
 </impo>
 
-<pre caption="Optional: switching to gamin from fam">
-# <i>rc-update del famd</i>
-# <i>emerge --unmerge app-admin/fam</i>
-</pre>
-
 <p>
 Next we'll clean up the remaining services.
 </p>
@@ -182,6 +171,17 @@
 </pre>
 
 <p>
+Starting with <c>gnome-base/gnome-session-2.26.2</c> you will need to prepend
+the XDG_MENU_PREFIX variable to get the GNOME menus if you are using the
+~/.xinitrc method to start your desktop. It will be handled automatically for
+you in other cases.
+</p>
+
+<pre caption="Prepending XDG_MENU_PREFIX to .xinitrc">
+$ <i>sed '1i\export XDG_MENU_PREFIX=gnome-' ~/.xinitrc</i>
+</pre>
+
+<p>
 Now start your graphical environment by running <c>startx</c>:
 </p>
 
@@ -230,9 +230,11 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-To use the functionality of <c>hald</c> just start <c>gnome-volume-manager</c>
-and edit its preferences. Also, you'll need to add your user to the
-<c>plugdev</c> group.
+To use the functionality of <c>hald</c> you need to add your user to the
+<c>plugdev</c> group. If you want support for devices not handled by 
+<c>nautilus</c> or if you are not using <c>nautilus</c> at all, you might
+want to make sure <c>gnome-volume-manager<c> is built with USE="automount" and
+started.
 </p>
 
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