From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 21 7:17:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB1A215162 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 07:17:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 12BfoW-0005hd-00; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 15:17:28 +0000 Received: from localhost (jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA26560; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 15:17:27 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 15:17:27 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick To: btwo cfuor Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x-windows In-Reply-To: <20000120224324.29071.qmail@web119.yahoomail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, btwo cfuor wrote: >Hi there >i want to ask a simple question on x-windows. the >defult interface I'm using is KDE how do i switch to >gnome or other interfaces that i have do i have to >edit a file or is the a utility like the one in linux >so you can switch from an interface to another If i understand your question, you want to edit '.xinitrc' or .xsessions' to do this. Also, if you run sysinstall, there is an option under configure near the bottom of the menu that lets you change desktops easily. I think sysinstall edits the files for you, assuming you have those Windowmanagers installed. -=> jm <=- "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very, very brightly." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message