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Christian Graulund writes:

>  I just install FreeBSD 9, and after compiling Xorg, I started trying to
>  figure out how to install a Window Manager.
>  When Following the handbook, I suggest installing XDM.

	Assuming we're talking about the same xdm ... your first
problem is it's not window manager.
	It's a _display_ manager.
	The cenonical place to set the window manager seems to be in
~/.xinitrc.


					Robert Huff