Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 03:20:41 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> Cc: Jeff Jeter <gsfgf@hotmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Can't startx as non-root [Vanilla Ice is a wrapper] Message-ID: <20020324031238.Y29083-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <20020324004327.A77513@rochester.rr.com>
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On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, mpd wrote: > On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 10:35:05PM -0500, Jeff Jeter wrote: > > i ran xinit and x started, but when i ran startx it gave me the same error > Install the wrapper port. > mike I am typing in circles here *(ack)* ... after striking out at www.xfree86.org and with `pkg_add -r wrapper` and striking out harder at `cd /usr/ports/x11/wrapper/ ; make` (no output), I finally found wrapper by querying www.freebsd.org and "Ported Apps" and read up some on its Description (mildly useful write-up). Can someone -=please=- discuss the relative pros and cons of wrapper vs xdm (as called from /etc/ttys) vs startx vs the XFree86 binary itself vs ~/.xinitrc vs ~/.xsession vs `exec gnome-session` vs `exec kde-session` vs committing oneself to a life of command-line-only especially after the discovery that w3m kicks the pants *and* panties off lynx vs [LASTLY] committing oneself to the nearest local institution for the mental defective? (Please?) Thanks, -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 P.S. If you haven't heard the MP3 of "Strangers On My Flight" from the Howard Stern show, you gotta git it! ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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