From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 12:00:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19FB516A52F for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:00:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kiwihugh@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30A1243C9F for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:00:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kiwihugh@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so1099961uge for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:00:08 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=rl6JQBRAK3moH/V5V7z8ckKhtFvLhK3ZOX6r3e4m7ySxu7sqih8vx1GV2bW/ml8QsfvWQaoTLwa45Kx0McJQ/8kBw9+f8Ey795kALBqx7QAr7qmLXcsQihRTO33Dpl0w2QtXwhjkm0030lnUgJjiMZehmGVncnPH61hECSqkfIg= Received: by 10.78.17.4 with SMTP id 4mr1986219huq.1166356807705; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:00:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.134.15 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:00:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <706ffcf0612170400v6d8f4bc9v6aa0e445d54a377d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:00:07 -0800 From: "Hugh Cook" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: What decision junction leads to SELECT DEFAULT DESKTOP in 6.1 install? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:00:33 -0000 freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 2006 December 17 Sunday What decision junction leads to SELECT DEFAULT DESKTOP in 6.1 install? I cannot find what decision junction leads to the SELECT DEFAULT DESKTOP screen as featured in the installation documents and portrayed in Figure 2-51. Select Default Desktop I have installed from scratch three times looking for this but have failed to find it. Naturally, my subsequent efforts with % echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc followed by startx have lead to failure. I appreciate that from your point of view this probably comes under the heaing of "one more for the idiots of the year list," but I have racked my brains over this one and have come to a total dead end. I have done a basic installation okay, and can log in and can see a three-pane display which I presume to be the default tmw desktop. I can su okay and can shutdown okay with shutdown -h now. So I figure my equipment is compatible and that my basic understanding of the installation fundamentals is correct. If you could favor me by pointing me in the direction of the decision junction which I am failing to spot, then I would be very grateful. Sincerely Hugh Cook kiwihugh@gmail.com