From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 14 02:53:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA12795 for stable-outgoing; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 02:53:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from florence.pavilion.net (florence.pavilion.net [194.242.128.25]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA12788 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 02:53:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (from joe@localhost) by florence.pavilion.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA11988; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 10:53:13 GMT Message-ID: <19970314105313.52088@pavilion.net> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 10:53:13 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.7 Installation Comments/Problems References: <19959.858312747@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.64 In-Reply-To: <19959.858312747@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Thu, Mar 13, 1997 at 08:12:27PM -0800 Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > Why can't the installation process install a somewhat more sophisticated > > X Windows environment. I would be nice to get to something a little > > better looking than tvm and have to try to manual patch together a > > desktop. A series of screen snapshots in a setup utility? XDesktopSetup? > > Click on the look you like and I'll create the .whatever files and copy > > the appropriate window manager, etc. Not part of /stand/sysinstall, just > > pointed to from there! > > I've commented about this many times, and every attempt to solicit a > reasonable set of dotfiles for this (and I'm a UNIX techzoid, so my > dotfiles are *not* useful to the average Joe) has resulted in a lot of > discussion but nothing more tangible than that. :-) > You're right. This average Joe changed them to something more beautiful. :) BTW. What files should live in /stand? A 'make world' doesn't seem to populate it with anything. I've got a current /stand that's 2.0.5 old! Joe -- Josef Karthauser Technical Manager Email: joe@pavilion.net Pavilion Internet plc. [Tel: +44 1273 607072 Fax: +44 1273 607073]