Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:13:47 -0500 From: Allen <Unix.Hacker@comcast.net> To: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port, Packages, and Patching, Upgrading Message-ID: <4EF0C24B.9060506@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <CAJ1xhMXs7SyeSK-cvhOiGakJx05OoqsRXVJ2oNYRaETfpG2owg@mail.gmail.com> References: <4EF028D8.803@comcast.net> <CAJ1xhMWVj=M3Dq99Xx_eMU0ZzC%2BnOfBbP=yE57YHcACO1Ve9jQ@mail.gmail.com> <4EF0580D.8090002@comcast.net> <CAJ1xhMXs7SyeSK-cvhOiGakJx05OoqsRXVJ2oNYRaETfpG2owg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/20/2011 6:16 AM, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: *SNIP* > about FVWM2 not working on your other FreeBSD install... > i'm not sure how you set up your X11 system and your window manager, but > this section of the handbook, Chapter 6 The X Window System, has > instructions for setting up a desktop environment as well as a window > manager of your choice; it's a matter of specifying the path to the > executable for your window manager either in $HOME/.xsession or > in $HOME/.xinitrc depending on whether you use XDM or some other display > manager; Hello, I personally don't bother to set up X; When I install FreeBSD, once I reboot into the new system, I install KDM, and GDM, and then just load that, and it works fine right out of the box, so I don't bother screwing with what isn't broken. I have KDM I've been using mostly as of late, and most of the Window Managers I have installed show up just fine, and the original FVWM shows up as well, but for some reason, FVWM2 won't lol. It's annoying me because I like that one more. I'm a weird guy in terms of Window Managers and Desktop Environments; I use, all the time mind you; KDE, Gnome, Enlightenment (Both .16 and .17) and then, I use Fluxbox, OpenBox, HackedBox, Blackbox, Window Maker, Afterstep, FVWM, FVWM2, FVWM-95, FVWM-Crystal, XFCE, XFCE4, Phluid, TWM, MWM, VTWM, and.... Actually, there's more, but you get the idea. Basically, I like being able to log out, and log back in, and have my screen look totally different from how it did before. Sometimes I want speed and I go for E and Window Maker and the FVWM based ones. Sometimes, I want KDE and Gnome, so, I install them all, and use them all. But I don't configure X at all. Every machine I have FreeBSD on, has not ever gone through a Configuration of X. I just type KDM or GDM, let it load, it works right the first time, and I log in. > sasha -Allen
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