From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 29 0:44: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.alpha.net.au (mail2.alpha.net.au [203.41.44.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9ED337B5C1 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 2000 00:44:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from freebsd.freebsd.org (surry-pool-152.alpha.net.au [203.41.44.152] (may be forged)) by mail.alpha.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA18197; Sat, 29 Apr 2000 17:43:14 +1000 From: Danny To: "adam palitz" , "free bsd questions" Subject: Re: A couple of questions Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 17:46:42 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <002a01bfb173$79c3e560$81fe1818@socal.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00043017494907.00438@freebsd.freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Alll you have to do is create a file called .xinitrc And specify what you want your default X Windows manager like for me "startkde" to start KDE. For you I belive is "fvm95" but remember to do a whereis or which command to find out. YOu don't have to specify a path . etc etc On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, adam palitz wrote: > >%_1. When I use pkg_add, where does the system put the newly installed package? I seem to recall there being a specific directory where all installed packages are kept? > > 2. I'm trying to install fvwm95.0.2..(can't remember exactly) I unpack the package , and then my book says that I have to add fvwm to a .xinitrc file ...does it matter where this file is located?, and how eexactly should I type fvwm into the file...should I use fvwm2 as the book does? or should I type fvwm95, or should I type the entire named as it appeared on the archive? > > 3. 4.0 comes with a script that automaticaly installs fvwm, and creates a .xinitrc ...what is the command/program that I use to run a script? > > thanks for the info > > Adam > ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message