From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 22 21:31:50 2007 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 E506116A400 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:31:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CF8C13C4EF for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:31:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l2MLV3qQ022134; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:31:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l2MLV3cC022133; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:31:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:31:03 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Stan Cooper Message-ID: <20070322213103.GA22055@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <23867.31147.qm@web63303.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <23867.31147.qm@web63303.mail.re1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How Do I Surf From FBSD? 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: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:31:51 -0000 On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 01:22:15PM -0700, Stan Cooper wrote: > Hi; > I have a server I just built with FBSD and I'd like to be able to surf using > a browser. What do I need to build to make that happen? > Thanks, > Stan2 First you need to configure X-windows and have it running. You configure it first to properly run you graphics card and monitor, keyboard and mouse. Once you are happy with that then you edit: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc and set it up so it starts with the xterms and such that you want. You can make individual xinitrc-s for users and put them in their home directories as .xinitrc as well. Copy that file and modify it to suit. Then CD to: /usr/ports/www/firefox Type: make clean make make install make distclean Now you have the firefox browser installed. You can start it from the command line and/or you can hook it up with an icon in your X-windows window manager. Each window manager is different. I have been using AfterStep which is kind of basic - no frills. I have been lazy with it (and maybe a little ignorant), so I just replace Netscape startup with Firefox startup by editing the AfterStep setup file: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/afterstep/system.steprc and changing the line that reads: *Wharf Netscape netscape3.xpm Exec "-" netscape & to be: *Wharf Netscape netscape3.xpm Exec "-" firefox & Then when I click on the Netscape icon it starts firefox. There is no doubt a nice Firefox icon I could put there in place of the netscape3.xmp but I haven't bothered to look for it. voila, you have a browser. There are others such as Opera that are popular. Look in that /usr/ports/www directory to find scads of stuff including three or four browsers you can install. In addition to this KDE and Gnome install browsers if you install one of them. I don't bother with them because they are too much bloat for my purposes, but a lot of people use them. Learn as much as you can about the ports (/usr/ports) system if you want to get a lot out of FreeBSD. That is where you find all the nice things you can easily install and use. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >