From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 22 19:52:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA08985 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 19:52:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.3.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA08980 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 19:52:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (minbar-1-64.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.135.64]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.9.0) id VAA08931; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 21:51:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from fpawlak@localhost) by darkstar.connect.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id VAA06669; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 21:52:04 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980822215203.A6506@connect.com> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 21:52:03 -0500 From: Frank Pawlak To: Matthew Hunt Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fvwm Manager References: <35DF520F.4D5A@juno.com> <19980822140354.K924@notabene.zer0.org> <980822221557.ZM6229@darkstar.connect.com> <19980822210550.A20323@astro.psu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19980822210550.A20323@astro.psu.edu>; from Matthew Hunt on Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 09:05:50PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 09:05:50PM -0400, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 10:15:57PM +0000, Frank Pawlak wrote: > > > You will also have to edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc to start the window > > manager of choice. > > Unless he has a very good reason for making that the default for all > of the users on the system, he should copy that file to ~/.xinitrc > and make changes there. > > Granted, lots of new FreeBSD users don't have a "user population" > to support, but it is good to teach good habits from the beginning! > Likewise, people should learn to change their window manager without > being root. > > -- > Matthew Hunt * Inertia is a property of matter. > http://www.pobox.com/~mph/pgp.key for PGP public key 0x67203349. I stand justly corrected. Frank -- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message