From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 12 18:53:58 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 D20A9106564A for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:53:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=407f7083d=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu (ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.111]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F4DE8FC0A for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:53:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=407f7083d=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) X-Group: RELAYLIST X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.42,210,1243832400"; d="scan'208";a="13571764" Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu ([129.110.20.110]) by ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu with ESMTP; 12 Jun 2009 13:25:07 -0500 Received: from utd65257.utdallas.edu (utd65257.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 71B404E94F for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:25:07 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:25:07 +0000 From: Paul Schmehl To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <8599C07C9A94CEAAF3B924C4@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310906120704g521ed9ffl73234dba6c82ba73@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090612093514.663e8e09.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <4ad871310906120704g521ed9ffl73234dba6c82ba73@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) X-Munged-Reply-To: Figure it out MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.2 Installation Manual X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:53:59 -0000 --On Friday, June 12, 2009 09:04:50 -0500 Glen Barber = wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Bill Moran 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 As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* Check the headers before clicking on Reply.