From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 11 11:45:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A34CF151CA; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:45:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id GAA01816; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 06:45:02 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19990312064458.35774@welearn.com.au> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 06:44:58 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: borehawg Cc: John Sconiers , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: strating the GUI References: <3.0.5.32.19990311140505.0087d2e0@mail.atl.bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990311140505.0087d2e0@mail.atl.bellsouth.net>; from borehawg on Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 02:05:05PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > At 12:38 PM 3/11/99 -0600, you wrote: > > > >Quick question that I don't think is technical enough for -qustions. Have > >a desktop. Is there a way to get an xwindows login prompt simular to > >solaris' or start windows automatically. I know I can do a startx at the > >end of my .profile but I just wondered if there was another way. > > On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 02:05:05PM -0800, borehawg wrote: > I think it's called kdm. I haven't ever used it, because I prefer to > maintain a command line freedom of action. Me too. It's called xdm but we picked that up in our -newbies thread. > Also, if you want to pay for a commercial x-server, like Metro-X or > AcceleratedX or something, then that feature is available as part of the > server package. No need. Use the same free X server that comes with FreeBSD and xdm is there already, as long as you can remember what it's called :-) For the sake of the -questions archives, yes, it is in the FAQ but any excited newbie could miss it if they hadn't heard of 'xdm' before. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message