Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:47:02 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Marshall Kiam-Laine <kamanism@ntlworld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: startup Message-ID: <4207FDF6.3010604@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <1107786836.3586.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1107786836.3586.13.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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Marshall Kiam-Laine wrote: > ***hi all, rookie fiddler calling :) > > just loaded fbsd5.3amd64 but it stopped at the login prompt. > > (1) $>startkde didnt work, is that the right command please ? type this: echo exec startkde > .xinitrc > > (2) what command to start gnome ? type this: echo exec gnome-session >> .xinitrc > > (3) how to tell it to start one of the GUI automatically ? The contense of .xinitrc should now look like this: exec startkde exec gnome-session Comment out one of the line with # in front of it. So, if you want to start KDE: exec startkde #exec gnome-session Then, when you type: startx KDE starts. Do the opposite if you want gnome > > many thanks, kamanism@ntlworld.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To > unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- Best regards, Chris The label "new" and/or "improved" means the price went up.
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