From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 14 17:39:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62CDE16A4CE for ; Fri, 14 May 2004 17:39:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp15.wxs.nl (smtp15.wxs.nl [195.121.6.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97A5743D41 for ; Fri, 14 May 2004 17:39:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp15.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004)) with ESMTP id <0HXQ00GNWCHDBV@smtp15.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 15 May 2004 02:39:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4F0dCYK007370; Sat, 15 May 2004 02:39:12 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by alex.lan (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i4F0dC8q007369; Sat, 15 May 2004 02:39:12 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 02:39:12 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <1084569471.2967.13.camel@localhost> To: arden Message-id: <20040515003912.GD798@alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <1084569471.2967.13.camel@localhost> X-Authentication-warning: alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: startx kde X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 00:39:15 -0000 On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 10:17:51PM +0100, arden wrote: > hi all > > im pretty new to bsd so sorry if this is a stupid question > > on my linux system i use kde as default desktop and as such when i type > startx kde starts > > on bsd i get an xterm the have to type startkde after startx > > is there a way to do it in one command? Hi, I give you the deep link to the handbook since your new. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html Please feel free to reply if you have questions afther reading this. -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/