From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 1 19:13:54 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B8DFAA3D; Mon, 1 Dec 2014 19:13:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-x22b.google.com (mail-qc0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E796A72; Mon, 1 Dec 2014 19:13:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f171.google.com with SMTP id r5so8302761qcx.30 for ; Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:13:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=UcPVo4oTnqSFkhcsDA49m6lXmjwkkUP11T6nV7lclKk=; b=VT850LkYGBi1H2L9ZRbJ43//CLBGQtDXJTe+PGIgHUJh0l/rGbf+EMSwEsadSGW1WI Ydni3XtdjJ6duRsIK9Pw999w8PlNK+F0Va4fvf4GN2kGVeG/9OlyTvRWpQw71vQHY9Be gwjptl+rXPFC1qvH9If3EMz222Puqk3oz4XiZv1qeJ51XR/KLzj2MFiN1ESvmHC4cDGK ig/ARsBCDGiL54QvAmSux3jeE/YejT2xOTYzMPyBqjVy+1aldxykGXGPfoQ2e+V4S9N+ +NYGtyURFWraTUzERlLyhvp+bqy1NeCAprSEHQxwQ87vtu4UX55Tr15PvBkWB43KJ+T8 AsSg== X-Received: by 10.140.100.199 with SMTP id s65mr48040499qge.44.1417461233146; Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:13:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (99-97-90-67.lightspeed.tukrga.sbcglobal.net. [99.97.90.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id j1sm18143245qao.38.2014.12.01.11.13.52 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:13:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <547CBDEF.70002@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:13:51 -0500 From: Paul Cartwright Reply-To: pbcartwright@gmail.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: $DISPLAY not set References: <547CB283.1030405@gmail.com> <44wq6bkyag.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <44wq6bkyag.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: current@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 19:13:54 -0000 On 12/01/2014 01:41 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> > am I missing something? > Well, you're missing the FreeBSD documentation, which is a lot better > than a random Google result. > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html right, I should have followed that first.. > > Or you might want to try PCBSD (www.pcbsd.org) which will require a lot > less understanding of what is going on (at the cost, as usual, of giving > you a lot less choice, at least initially). no,no, I've used UNIX in the past, but it has been linux for the last 10 years.. just a little rusty.. > > The "exec startkde" is supposed to go in your .xinitrc file, in which > case you would start X with the "startx" command. right, I understand the .xinitrc, but I wanted it to work first.. > >> > I do have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf, I did do the X -configure. > Usually unnecessary, and not a great idea unless it is necessary. > > ok, I'll check out the freebsd pages, and I'll let you know. thanks! -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587