From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 10 20:07:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 099B416A41F for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:07:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 532ED43D45 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:07:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j7AK6oJM092963; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:06:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j7AK6llN092962; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:06:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:06:46 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Giorgos Keramidas Message-ID: <20050810200646.GC92722@thought.org> References: <20050810062920.GA88239@thought.org> <20050810070720.GN70957@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <20050810120443.GC24468@beatrix.daedalusnetworks.priv> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050810120443.GC24468@beatrix.daedalusnetworks.priv> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 19 years of service to the Unix community X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:44:07 +0000 Cc: Gary Kline , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sorry for the idiot question, but.... 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: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:07:05 -0000 On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 03:04:43PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-08-10 09:07, Stijn Hoop wrote: > > There is a way to start gnome using the 'startx' method but I don't > > know it. > > 1. Copy over /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc to ~/.xinitrc and make > sure it's executable by at least you, the owner of the file. > > 2. Replace the final commands (that spawn "a few useful programs") with: > > exec gnome-session > > 3. Done > I should've read all responces evidently! Giorgos, can I (dare I, can/should I) put my miscellanous commands into .xinitrc, or are these simply ignored by the parser? Also: can I use .xsession instead of .xinitrc? --I have several non-Gnome apps placed at various X+Y locations... great tips! gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix