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Date:      Tue, 24 May 2005 16:22:02 -0500
From:      "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, pblake4@earthlink.net
Subject:   Re: starting xorg
Message-ID:  <200505241622.02545.algould@datawok.com>
In-Reply-To: <410-22005522421628937@earthlink.net>
References:  <410-22005522421628937@earthlink.net>

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On Tuesday 24 May 2005 04:06 pm, Paul Blake wrote:
> i have read thru the help pages and can not find the command (or way)
> to start xorg please respond. thanks
>
> pblake4@earthlink.net

If you want to start xorg from the command line, execute 'startx'.  You 
can select your default window manager/desktop environment by 
configuring ~/.xinitrc.  To start KDE, put 'exec startkde' in your 
~/.xinitrc file.  Execute 'man startx' for more information.

If you want the computer to boot to a GUI, you'll have to configure xdm, 
kdm or gdm.  You can find more information about these in the handbook:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-xdm.html

Best of luck,

Andrew Gould



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