From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 12 19:38:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA14284 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:38:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA14265 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:38:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kliquori@ix.netcom.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id VAA25969 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:37:44 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199804130237.VAA25969@dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com> Received: from brt-fl4-15.ix.netcom.com(204.33.159.79) by dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma025945; Sun Apr 12 21:36:42 1998 From: "Kevin Liquori" To: "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: X, xinit, startx Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:36:56 -0400 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm a newbie at UNIX so please forgive my lack of knowledge here: What is the difference between the commands 'X', 'xinit' and 'startx'? I get some strange results: X - my system begins to load X windows and hangs on the gray screen before any actual windows appear. xinit - opens one borderless windows that appears to function fine startx - this is what I was looking for and just found it tonight thanks to a post on this list. Would this be considered Motif? Incidentally, I think FreeBSD is a great product! I had no trouble with the installation. I didn't even have the CD! The support available through www.freebsd.org and these lists are amazing! Great job everyone! TIA -Kevin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message