It occurred to me that Huub wrote in gmane.os.netbsd.ports.x86-64:
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> Thank you. Working, but it brings another question. In .xinitrc I start 
> meta-pkgs. It does start, but I don't get the gnome-desktop, only a 
> terminal. What more should I do? (or where can I find this)

I'm not sure I can follow you. What do you mean by "start meta-pkgs". 

If you want to run a GNOME desktop, there's two options:

1) Use gdm instead of xdm, by disabling xdm in /etc/rc.d and enabling gdm
2) run /usr/pkg/bin/gnome-session in .xinitrc