Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:57:26 +0200 (CEST) From: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> To: Timothy Luoma <luomat@peak.org> Cc: FBSD questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Learning XFree86 Message-ID: <XFMail.010822135726.mj@isy.liu.se> In-Reply-To: <200108221134.f7MBYpj20251@svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com>
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On 22-Aug-01 Timothy Luoma wrote: > > Well, I ran X -configure last night and then ran the > test configuration file. It seemed to work (meaning > that I had what I guess was a basic X window/screen > with no windows in it.) > XFree86 defaults to the twm window manager. You should be able to get that working. Do you start with xinit or startx? startx normallt starts off X with twm. Look also for a file 'xinitrc', there you can insert another windowmanager if you have it installed. /M > Unfortunately this is my first time dealing with > XFree86, so I have no idea how to use it. > > > Could someone point me to a good XFree86 for FreeBSD > (or generic, if that's all there is or is needed) > site? > > > I generally can muddle my way through if there is > something to read on the matter (except 'man' pages, > which often leave me glazed over, but that's another > story). > > > Thanks for your help. > > TjL > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- Michael Josefsson, MSEE mj@isy.liu.se This message was sent by XFMail running on FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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