Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 14:14:29 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD desktop? Message-ID: <200508011414.34091.lofi@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20050801043607.00a5aeb0@pop.redshift.com> References: <3.0.1.32.20050801043607.00a5aeb0@pop.redshift.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Monday, 1. August 2005 13:36, ray@redshift.com wrote: > Anyway, any help anyone can provide would be great? I just feel like I'm > lacking a core understanding of how Windowing and desktop interfaces to the > Kernel. And like I say, as much as I would like to make this all happen on > FreeBSD, it seems like Linux maybe is a better choice? [-hackers@ taken off the CC-list] You already got it pretty much right. X is a server that provides a display for client applications to display windows on. To get something going that resembles your run-of-the-mill Linux desktop, install your favourite desktop environment or window manager from ports and put it into the appropriate X startup script. Example: [as root] pkg_add -r blackbox echo "blackbox" > ~/.xinitrc startx Or if you want something that resembles the graphical login on SuSE: [as root] pkg_add -r kdebase [as root] edit /etc/ttys and replace the line ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure with ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure [as root] killall -HUP init You'll get a graphical login screen which will automatically come up every time you boot. -- ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC7hIpXhc68WspdLARAs/iAJ0cdnQqgX9BlYi7xqsmcbnbtHaR7gCfSr2d IpCGa2oTl6Q2xaUqadSPjwY= =tLNl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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