Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:58:03 +0000 From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> To: "Bill A. K." <billieakay@yahoo.com> Cc: Thor Legvold <tlegvold@c2i.net>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: XDM has a host name field? Message-ID: <37DFD01B.E28A6425@ispro.net.tr> References: <4.1.19990914175927.00943d20@popa.c2i.net> <007301befedf$103abe80$01010101@bopper>
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How can I have a host name field in my XDM login screen? our solaris box has that kind of thing and it is very nice to be able to write which host we want to connect... it is pretty hard to use the -query function of X server. and I have to close the Evren "Bill A. K." wrote: > hi, > if used sysinstall to setup your window manager, it probably set up the > config under /your home diretory/.xinitrc or maybe just /your home > dir/xinitrc i'm not sure about the dot > > just edit this file and let me know if it works.. > :) > > Bill > billieakay@yahoo.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Thor Legvold <tlegvold@c2i.net> > To: <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 12:02 PM > Subject: Setting up X11 (xdm + a WM) under 3.2 > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > Reposted, as my mailer seemed to die as I posted.... > > > > Just got my 3.2 Walnut Creek CDROM, installed it and everything looks > good. > > I may have made a blunder as I chose several window managers under install > > hoping I could try several out, switching between them until I decide > which > > one I would like to use regularly. > > > > Unfortunately I'm X11 illiterate and have no idea where to start getting > > things set up. The install went fine, I can do "startx" and get the WM > > started, but _which_ WM starts I have no controll over :-( As far as I can > > tell it's the last one installed by the installer, so I suspect a symlink > > somewhere. I've used /stand/sysinstall several times to try to remove/add > > the different WM's, and it seems as though most of the docs and binaries > > do indeed get installed, although starting them is a problem. I haven't > > managed to get "Gnome" environment up at all, as far as I can see. KDE, > > FVWM, AfterStep and Enlightenment I've managed to run (partly within each > > other....ooops!) > > > > I helped a friend install Redhat 6.0 recently, and I noticed he got xdm > > with a "chooser" installed automagically, and can choose which desktop > > environment/WM he would like to run at login time. Very nice. Is this > > trivial under FreeBSD? Or should I install one WM at a time, try it out > for > > a while, then uninstall and try a new one? > > > > Hope this is enough info to get help for. I'm unix-literate but not X11 (I > > used NextStep for several years). > > > > Regards, > > Thor > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: PGPfreeware 6.0.2i > > > > iQCVAwUBN95jlueXYrrbR3MRAQEFuwP7BckaT5DH9F+rTC7abXck8Ua7oWXUbHDu > > BjTTEhcqMOlZcjdB98sKJDfsJikE7aCSODHccpZWFBuHJdMUdqa87l4xXzfWTknY > > 9wlpHcJm44HiuyvWHHRh4PEUrBv8JDAtSwJ8HZfKi2hBnuZiMknA6MVbCSzZH2LR > > C2bVuJ4CEKg= > > =w9jZ > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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