FreeBSD に GNOME をインストールしてみる。。。
ports からコンパイルしてインストール

   gnome2-2.8.3

 何か一晩してインストールされたパッケージの一覧は
 evolution-webcal-2.0.1_1 Webcal(endar) handler for gnome
 gnome-icon-theme-2.8.0_1 A collection of icons for the GNOME 2 desktop
 gnome-themes-2.8.2  A collection of themes and icons for GNOME2 designed for ac
 gnome2-2.8.3        The "meta-port" for the GNOME 2 integrated X11 desktop
 gnomeapplets2-2.8.2_1 Applets components for the Gnome 2 Desktop Environment
 gnomeaudio2-2.0.0   Sound files for use with GNOME 2
 gnomecontrolcenter2-2.8.2_2 Control center for GNOME 2 project
 gnomedesktop-2.8.3  Additional UI API for GNOME 2
 gnomegames2-2.8.3   The game applications package for the Gnome 2 Desktop Envir
 gnomehier-1.0_22    A utility port that creates the GNOME directory tree
 gnomekeyring-0.4.1  A program that keeps passwords and other secrets
 gnomemag-0.11.14    GNOME screen magnifier
 gnomemedia2-2.8.0_3 Multimedia applications for the GNOME 2 desktop
 gnomemeeting-0.98.5_4 GNOME H323 Video Conferencing program, similar to NetMeetin
 gnomemimedata-2.4.2 A MIME and Application database for GNOME
 gnomenetstatus-2.8.0_2 A GNOME applet that shows network status
 gnomenettool-1.0.0_1,1 A GNOME utility that provides network information  statistic
 gnomepanel-2.8.3    Panel component for the GNOME 2 Desktop 
 gnomesession-2.8.1_1 Session component for the GNOME 2 desktop
 gnomespeech-0.3.6_1 GNOME text-to-speech API
 gnomespell-1.0.5_4  A GNOME/Bonobo component for spell checking
 gnomesystemmonitor-2.8.3 GNOME 2 system monitor program
 gnomesystemtools-1.0.2 Tools to configure workstations
 gnometerminal-2.8.2 Terminal component for the GNOME 2 Desktop
 gnomeuserdocs2-2.8.1 GNOME 2 users guide
 gnomeutils2-2.8.1_1,1 GNOME 2 support utilities
 gnomevfs2-2.8.4     GNOME Virtual File System
 gucharmap-gnome-1.4.2_1 A Unicode/ISO10646 character map and font viewer
 libgail-gnome-1.1.0 An implementation of the ATK interfaces for GNOME widgets
 libgnome-2.8.1      Libraries for GNOME, a GNU desktop environment
 libgnomecanvas-2.8.0 A graphics library for GNOME
 libgnomecups-0.1.14,1 Support library for gnome cups admistration
 libgnomeprint-2.8.2 Gnome print support library
 libgnomeprintui-2.8.2 Gnome print support library
 libgnomeui-2.8.1    Libraries for the GNOME GUI, a GNU desktop environment
 xscreensaver-gnome-4.20 Save your screen while you entertain your cat (for GNOME us

やれやれと思い。
xterm から 
 /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session

さて動くのか？？と思ったら。
 _IceTransmkdir:ERROR: ...........................
と言うエラーを出して止まってしまった。

道程は長そうだ。。