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Date:      Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:00:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org>
To:        Wijnand Wiersma <w.wiersma@4business.nl>
Cc:        "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@4evermail.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: some X questions
Message-ID:  <20010930115936.X81914-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <200109302051.f8UKpEJ08978@wiers556.speed.planet.nl>

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perhaps a better solution is to rerun the x setup utility and answer y to
the do you want it to start automatically at boot question..

Brian "Sonic" Whalen
Success = Preparation + Opportunity


On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Wijnand Wiersma wrote:

> I already got X running. but I want to have a graphical login.
> in linux it was easy. default runlevel 4 and X starts up automatically. I
> want to have this on freebsd 2. my whole family works with my system, and
> they just dont seem to understand to type startx.
>
>
> On Sunday 30 September 2001 20:39, you wrote:
> > Yes, X Windows is also available on FreeBSD. I would suggest installing X
> > Windows from /stand/sysinstall because it's the easiest. Or, you could try
> > and compile it yourself from ports, etc. I would only recommend this if you
> > have a high speed broadband connection.
> >
> >  -- Jonathan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wijnand Wiersma" <w.wiersma@4business.nl>
> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 4:34 PM
> > Subject: some X questions
> >
> > > hi there,
> > >
> > > is it possible to have a graphical login like I had in linux? How?
> > >
> > > How can I get 3d rendering with my voodoo3 card? I followed the how-to on
> > > bsdvault.net but it wasn't correct and it doesn't work anymore.
> > >
> > > I'm using freebsd 4.4 release.
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> > >
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