From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 7 18:15:11 2004 Return-Path: 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 8AEC416A4CE for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 18:15:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp105.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp105.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.169.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 49D1F43D2D for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 18:15:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com) Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.59.3.210?) (wyoming?antelope@63.164.80.82 with plain) by smtp105.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2004 18:15:10 -0000 Message-ID: <418E651C.7080804@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 11:10:36 -0700 From: Lloyd Hayes User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> References: <418D09BF.80107@yahoo.com> <200411062034.44451.4711@chello.at> In-Reply-To: <200411062034.44451.4711@chello.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg Log-In X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 18:15:11 -0000 Any editing that I try to do beyond the Xorg -configure leads to 'User" and "Password" with it not accepting my system passwords. I searched for ".xinitrc" and ".xsession" and nothing showed up. I read in the FreeBSD handbook about creating ".xsessions". Following the exact directions listed, I got no such file or directory after: echo "#!/bin/sh" > -/.xsession This was version 5.3 Xorg is brand new, and there only seems to be a few lines of documentation concerning it. I'm new to this whole thing, and having a difficult time making sense of many things in the UNIX world. There is more documentation about version 5.2.1 then 5.3. I'm in the process of removing 5.3 and putting 5.2.1 back on here. And I think that I'll keep XFree86 on it. Lloyd Hayes Email: lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com URL: http://TalkingStaff.bravehost.com E-FAX Number: (208) 248-6590 Christian Hiris wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Saturday 06 November 2004 18:28, Lloyd Hayes wrote: > > >>I figured that starting over with FBSD 5.2.1 was a good idea, installing >>less software this time. However, on impulse, I installed v5.3 No new >>problems until I got to Xorg. >> >>I have the new docs downloaded from FreeBSD. "The FreeBSD Handbook" from >>The FreeBSD Documentation Project, and "Frequently Asked Questions" >>from the same place. They give some information about Xorg. >> >>Typing 'startx" gets me to a graphical screen similar to the setup >>screen used in xorg -config. My only option was to hit >>Ctrl-Alt-Back_Space to get out of it. >>I then tried to use xdm -config. >>I get to the point where it asks for name and password. This is >>mentioned in the handbook. There is no security level set, so the system >>is at it's default level. I'm logged in as root, so I type "root" and my >>root password. It loops back to the same menu each time that I do this. >>Any other input here just produces a wrong name. It won't accept a blank >>input either. >> >> > >Possibly you haven't entered an entry for your windowmanager in your .xinitrc >or .xsession file. startx uses .xinitrc, xdm uses .xsession. >'man xdm' explains which files are used by xdm and where they are located. >Look for errors listed in ~/.xsession-errors, if you use xdm. > > > >>(At this point, I was looking for the author, a rope, and a tall tree. >>My 2nd option was to send this email....) >> >>Is there a secret code to getting into Xorg and setting it up for Gnome? >> >> > >An easy way to setup gnome (and other wm) is gdm: ># cp -p /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh.sample /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh ># /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh start > >After next reboot gdm will be started automatically. Gdm is part of the gnome >(meta-)package. > >Cheers, >ch > >- -- >Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> | OpenPGP KeyID 0x3BCA53BE >OpenPGP-Key at hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net and http://pgp.mit.edu >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) > >iD4DBQFBjSdU09WjGjvKU74RAh01AJd77uoaUgq8mLd8nMF3oeU2zPZWAJ9zavvi >RCIEymWh8v0sPIr/4QIGJw== >=IQUB >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >