Date: 02 Nov 2004 23:19:11 -0500 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: "Bryan E. Henning" <behenning@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to start X11R6 Message-ID: <1099455551.761.20.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> In-Reply-To: <005401c4c152$93c903c0$6501a8c0@HMTCDESKTOP> References: <005401c4c152$93c903c0$6501a8c0@HMTCDESKTOP>
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On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 22:09, Bryan E. Henning wrote: > After I boot freebsd, and I login what do I do to start gnome or xfree86 > Exactly what are the commands to start an application. I can browse directories but so far that is the extent of what I know how to do. Could anyone help? > > Bryan E. Henning > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > To start Gnome, create a file called ".xinitrc" in the root of your home directory that contains "exec gnome-session", and run the command "startx". Eg: cat >.xinitrc gnome-session (type control-D to end the input here) startx To run kde, replace "gnome-session" by "startkde". For much more detail, try the handbook at file:///usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html or on www.freebsd.org Finally, please post questions like this on freebsd-questions. I will almost certainly get criticised by others for answering on newbies! Good luck with FreeBSD.
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