From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 12 13:44:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D66881065693 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:44:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f220.google.com (mail-fx0-f220.google.com [209.85.220.220]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED5748FC1A for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:44:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by fxm20 with SMTP id 20so2017557fxm.43 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:44:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=XKQXv5ZBpafvYoV3j5FFBI9Rx7IxAOYmfJCpQE1KGaY=; b=Yo7Yg7C6bUyO/4rnu9BDPeZNvcVVtCUUyglcK/t8VV+WWAomPrg9WzUFUkEMjkaKOh v6Eie/9KmMYWj3LGb+RcOD6oa/IfzdcCg7IyKcGREzA40876bwM8/aeKGmtPTg/3YCzO s/sBUKCdyb4Bs9ukM74bo5Nt3WRx9kZ3dy3Vg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=swQb7yO2JuQ7uT2DHIkeUA/ZWRLCjxC0m7KPyE8woXEUH7LaOK7mHfX39TNJpGp07r ahgR8Ix11in1TI1hcQKR2ZwETvOFHGYj0eXENTJnGdOZlGN6dxkFQyux5ivLg5xPOIZ1 hptiBrZMvMLO4A54wEUBA112oYrMiuE8li75c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.52.197 with SMTP id j5mr3613045bkg.157.1244814262870; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:44:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:44:22 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310906120644w218610ccxa6864a5f1b430dd2@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Nick@pettefar.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.2 Installation Manual 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, 12 Jun 2009 13:44:25 -0000 Hi, Nick On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:09 AM, wrote: > In www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-post.html > It says: "If the X server has been configured and a Default Desktop chose= n, > it can be started by typing startx at the command line." but nowhere in t= he > manual or the installation program is there any information or options on= X > server configuration or choosing a Default Desktop! =A0Help! > You can set a default desktop by creating $HOME/.xinitrc containing: /usr/local/bin/your_desktop_environment Unless someone beats me to it, I'll take a look at this over the weekend and submit a patch for the handbook. --=20 Glen Barber