From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 3 04:19:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 652CA16A50F for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 04:19:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC5B943D46 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 04:19:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Mike.Jeays@rogers.com) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.2.100?) (mjeays2551@24.114.152.139 with plain) by smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Nov 2004 04:19:11 -0000 From: Mike Jeays To: "Bryan E. Henning" In-Reply-To: <005401c4c152$93c903c0$6501a8c0@HMTCDESKTOP> References: <005401c4c152$93c903c0$6501a8c0@HMTCDESKTOP> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1099455551.761.20.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 02 Nov 2004 23:19:11 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to start X11R6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 04:19:14 -0000 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.