From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 10 03:07:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 10BA416A420 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 03:07:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94B8A43D49 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 03:07:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [192.168.2.2] ([69.27.149.254]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k1A360sU046954; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:06:25 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <43EC030D.2080500@daleco.biz> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 21:05:49 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20060127 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jose Jesus Ortega References: <20060210023743.5051.qmail@web82001.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060210023743.5051.qmail@web82001.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question 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: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 03:07:12 -0000 */Kevin Kinsey /* wrote: > > Jose Jesus Ortega wrote: >> I'm new to freeBSD and have window manager >> installed and working with firefox. I need >> help setting up the icons. When I install >> some from the ports or packages, I know what >> dictory they are in but they don't popup on >> the desktop automatically like firefox did. >> How do I add them to my desktop? thanks. >> > You'll need to specify which window manager you > "have installed" in order to give someone enough > information to assist with this. > "When I instal! l some" isn't very specific, either. Jose Jesus Ortega wrote: > I have the latest window manager, 0.92 (i think), > the program I installed was "asfiles" in the freeBSD > ports but can't see the ICON in the desktop. Its in > /usr/ports/x11-fm/asfiles anyway I'snt it supposed to be an icon? Well, "asfiles" is a file manager, not a "window manager". The latest version of "asfiles" seems to be 1.0, so perhaps you're thinking of some other port, or your tree is slightly 'stale' (I keep my ports tree updated with cvsup regularly). Could you send the output of `pkg_info | grep -i window`, please? Kevin Kinsey -- The discerning person is always at a disadvantage.