For now, the best I can recommend is run these commands:
pacman -S xfree86
pacman -S pango
pacman -S gconf
abs
cd /usr/src/abs/gnome
pacman -S `ls`
Anyways, assuming I got that path right (only have Redcrap/Debian machines at work), you should get a fully usable GNOME2. The first three commands are for a phantom bug that only sometimes occurs in pacman - those packages need to be installed in that particular order, so doing it manually saves grief, for now.
Also note that the last line has backticks around the ls - that's the key underneath the Escape key on most PC keyboards.
]]>so i say ok just let me in. and then i get that xfree defualt backround... and no gnome....
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