Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 06:44:58 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: borehawg <bangpath@bellsouth.net> Cc: John Sconiers <jrs@enteract.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: strating the GUI Message-ID: <19990312064458.35774@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990311140505.0087d2e0@mail.atl.bellsouth.net>; from borehawg on Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 02:05:05PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903111234310.19465-100000@adam.enteract.com > <3.0.5.32.19990311140505.0087d2e0@mail.atl.bellsouth.net>
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> At 12:38 PM 3/11/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> >Quick question that I don't think is technical enough for -qustions. Have
> >a desktop. Is there a way to get an xwindows login prompt simular to
> >solaris' or start windows automatically. I know I can do a startx at the
> >end of my .profile but I just wondered if there was another way.
> >
On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 02:05:05PM -0800, borehawg wrote:
> I think it's called kdm. I haven't ever used it, because I prefer to
> maintain a command line freedom of action.
Me too. It's called xdm but we picked that up in our -newbies thread.
> Also, if you want to pay for a commercial x-server, like Metro-X or
> AcceleratedX or something, then that feature is available as part of the
> server package.
No need. Use the same free X server that comes with FreeBSD and xdm is
there already, as long as you can remember what it's called :-)
For the sake of the -questions archives, yes, it is in the FAQ but any
excited newbie could miss it if they hadn't heard of 'xdm' before.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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