From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 11 07:18:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21B60106578A for ; Sun, 11 May 2008 07:18:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frase@frase.id.au) Received: from mail11.tpgi.com.au (mail11.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1C5D8FC1C for ; Sun, 11 May 2008 07:18:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frase@frase.id.au) X-TPG-Antivirus: Passed Received: from [192.168.36.100] (220-245-44-31.static.tpgi.com.au [220.245.44.31]) by mail11.tpgi.com.au (envelope-from frase@frase.id.au) (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4B7IZRu021080; Sun, 11 May 2008 17:18:43 +1000 Message-ID: <48269DC4.5080702@frase.id.au> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 17:18:28 +1000 From: Fraser Tweedale User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080503) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: nishita@mri.ernet.in References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig612811DD7D627062B89AF649" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xfce with graphical login X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 07:18:46 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig612811DD7D627062B89AF649 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nishita Desai wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I just installed Xfce4.4 on FreeBSD 7.0. I have been trying to get it > to directly give me a graphical login. The Xfce manual says this can > be done using gdm. According to it, I need to copy the example file > "xfce44.desktop" into /usr/X11R6/share/xsessions. The example file is > supposed to be located in /usr/local/share/examples (since Xfce is > installed in /usr/local.) But there is no such file. >=20 > 1. Is there any other location this file could be? (`locate` cannot fin= d it.) > 2. Can I download it from somewhere? Googling did not give anything. > 3. Will anyone be kind enough to send me a copy by email? >=20 > It is strange why the file's not there. Xfce was installed using > pkg_add (the port was giving some error in compilation which I could > not solve) and is working nicely without any obvious problems. >=20 > Thanks, > Nishita. >=20 As an Xfce user, I've always found gdm to be more trouble than it's=20 worth. Have you had a look at /usr/ports/x11/slim - it's a nice,=20 lightweight graphical login manager. frase --------------enig612811DD7D627062B89AF649 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgmncsACgkQPw/2FZbemTUkXQCgioXzLXZUDHolTqJTMe2e/YUo d2cAnigfjnv/olulS2hWFYqTBsWguJF9 =dMdB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig612811DD7D627062B89AF649--