Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 17:36:10 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <jhorne@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Beginner Questions Message-ID: <200606081736.11399.jhorne@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060608133424.0267ce30@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <D2AA47A6FB2C1A48AF0526440C0F245C0713AD5C@monm207.nae.ds.army.mil> <6.0.0.22.2.20060608133424.0267ce30@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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On Thursday 08 June 2006 13:35, Derek Ragona wrote: > Look at the file > .xinitrc > in your home directory, this is where the window manager is usually run > from. > > -Derek > > At 07:14 AM 6/8/2006, Mayo, Richard A RDECOM CERDEC STCD SRI wrote: > >I'm setting up a FreeBSD box for the first time, so naturally I have a > >bunch of questions. I'm sure these are addressed on the web somewhere, > >but I'm not having any luck finding anything so here goes: > > > >What file controls the way Xwindows sets up after I log on? I got the > >graphical login screen, but now I want to start Xwindows with kde rather > >than twm. > > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > >Rich Mayo > > for all of my installs, i always have to create the .xinitrc file, as its never there by default (for me, anyway). to start kde, i populate my .xinitrc file with the line: exec startkde and thats it. KDE will start.
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