From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 1 12:14:45 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B1E616A420 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:14:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) Received: from mail-in-08.arcor-online.net (mail-in-08.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0BAB43D62 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:14:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) Received: from mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.13]) by mail-in-08.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82E49607B9; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 14:14:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (mail-in-05.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.45]) by mail-in-01-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EB3842BBC; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 14:14:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lofi.dyndns.org (dsl-213-023-197-011.arcor-ip.net [213.23.197.11]) by mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2B6C57EE4; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 14:14:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kiste.my.domain (lofi@kiste.my.domain [192.168.8.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by lofi.dyndns.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j71CEZXj044310 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 1 Aug 2005 14:14:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lofi@freebsd.org) From: Michael Nottebrock To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 14:14:29 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <3.0.1.32.20050801043607.00a5aeb0@pop.redshift.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20050801043607.00a5aeb0@pop.redshift.com> X-Face: =Ym$`&q\+S2X$4`X%x%6"L4>Y,$]<":'L%c9"#7#`2tb&E&wsN31on!N\)3BD[g<=?utf-8?q?=2EjnfV=5B=0A=093=23?=>XchLK,o; >bD>c:]^; :>0>vyZ.X[,63GW`&M>}nYnr]-Fp``,[[@lJ!QL|sfW!s)=?utf-8?q?A2!*=0A=09vNkB/=7CL-?=>&QdSbQg X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD desktop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:14:45 -0000 --nextPart1282346.LznCV67Xi5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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 t= he > 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= =20 for client applications to display windows on. To get something going that= =20 resembles your run-of-the-mill Linux desktop, install your favourite deskto= p=20 environment or window manager from ports and put it into the appropriate X= =20 startup script.=20 Example:=20 [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=20 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= =20 time you boot. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart1282346.LznCV67Xi5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC7hIpXhc68WspdLARAs/iAJ0cdnQqgX9BlYi7xqsmcbnbtHaR7gCfSr2d IpCGa2oTl6Q2xaUqadSPjwY= =tLNl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1282346.LznCV67Xi5--