From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 20 19: 8:43 2002 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 6B57837B400 for ; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:08:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jeeves.velosystems.net (wsip68-15-85-238.oc.oc.cox.net [68.15.85.238]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D295143E3B for ; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:08:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from steve@velosystems.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.velosystems.net [127.0.0.1]) by jeeves.velosystems.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00B6AA7C7; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:08:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from daemon.velosystems.net (daemon.velosystems.net [192.168.1.11]) by jeeves.velosystems.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15D80A524; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:08:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: X vs xdm vs startkde From: Steve Wingate To: Peter Leftwich Cc: FreeBSD LIST In-Reply-To: <20020720205236.G30024-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20020720205236.G30024-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 20 Jul 2002 19:08:35 -0700 Message-Id: <1027217316.304.15.camel@daemon.velosystems.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 2002-07-20 at 17:57, Peter Leftwich wrote: > I'm on a new install of FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE (on a different HD since > boot0cfg killed the MBR of my newer HD). > > For some reason, now running "X -xf86config ~/XFree86.config" works now, > but all it does is run the X server on /dev/ttyv8 -- as from /etc/ttys: > Where on Earth did you get the idea to start X11 with that command? You should be using 'xinit' or 'startx'. > ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > > My question is: Once I have the grey background and letter X for a cursor, > how can I either xlogin or have my ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession files get > sourced (they both contain just one line saying "startkde")? > Starting with startx or xinit should automatically parse your ~/.xinitrc file. Starting X11 with 'xdm' will look for ~/.xsession, I believe. You get the grey background because your config file isn't being read so X11 is starting the default 'twm' window manager. However the proper entry for starting KDE would be "exec startkde". Here is the end of my .xinitrc file with the various wm's that I switch between: #exec wmaker bbkeys -w & exec blackbox #exec fluxbox #exec enlightenment #exec icewm #exec startkde #exec gnome-session > That is... is there a keystroke or mouse click to run xterms and such?! > > Thanks major major magnanimously hugely phattic-bim-batickly! > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message