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Date:      Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:25:07 +0000
From:      Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 7.2 Installation Manual
Message-ID:  <8599C07C9A94CEAAF3B924C4@utd65257.utdallas.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4ad871310906120704g521ed9ffl73234dba6c82ba73@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <BABCD0FF-0451-4892-9729-5FB7742A7E57@Pettefar.com> <20090612093514.663e8e09.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <4ad871310906120704g521ed9ffl73234dba6c82ba73@mail.gmail.com>

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--On Friday, June 12, 2009 09:04:50 -0500 Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> =

wrote:

>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Bill Moran<wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote:
>> In response to Nick@Pettefar.com:
>>
>>> 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
>>> chosen, it can be started by typing startx at the command line." but
>>> nowhere in the manual or the installation program is there any
>>> information or options on X server configuration or choosing a Default
>>> Desktop! =C2=A0Help!
>>
>> You weren't able to find this page?:
>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html
>> Or this one?:
>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html
>>
>> Nowhere, indeed.
>>
>
> I missing the .xinitrc in the GNOME setup as well... Now I just feel
> like an idiot as usual.
>

FreeBSD is Unix, right?  That means you can do things any way you want.=20
Presently I login as root on a tty and type "kdm" to start up the GUI.  I've=20
done it about five other ways as well.

Is there a "right" way to do things in Unix?????

--=20
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
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