From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 3 20:00:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F90916A404 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 20:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philipkthompson@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.248]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB16C13C428 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 20:00:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philipkthompson@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c24so997664ana for ; Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:00:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Othxdj9TZ3xyP3OQfKp8KKIarbqwnNrPFWRvyanVNSfAl9EW2ORS6ZocL2VvG89VsU6+P4eDCaKbKNpeLiPmnPACCj+s20s/Mgt2AAualNn2w2N8kdD87Ak5T5dwlOYocsm7491eopQVPneMo01XBghZUf08m5GAUBwww49cDbk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=R+m2yljyp0/aK2CQUUuN9b9r07KSk4KbeMkW4EDIFxBg+W97RYiixFXpWCxfYjkL7kIS7jBjaMbq9jghIG5KcVq+swn0jmT0UOWG6nL1Ti4i/6wt9/OsxHD9RKr7whH16tFA5oJeH4RIwUkalt9/QKOj72uS+HqznNF/VtzTCJU= Received: by 10.115.89.1 with SMTP id r1mr718738wal.1172950429113; Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:33:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.198.11 with HTTP; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 11:33:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 11:33:49 -0800 From: "carlos duarte" To: "Don and/or Mila Trombley" In-Reply-To: <45E9B6AF.5060803@shaw.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <45E9B6AF.5060803@shaw.ca> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xfce4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:00:08 -0000 Don and/or Mila: PRINT THIS OUT! first add xfce: sudo pkg_add -r xfce4 onto the xorg configuration (this automatically creates an optimized x11 configuration file for you): sudo Xorg -configure copy said file from your home directory to x11's directory sudo cp /home/your_account_name_goes_here/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf then, to get rid of the annoying "bad display name" error (it will come up, trust me), open the "hosts" file like this this: sudo edit /etc/hosts there you'll see only two uncommented lines, change the second one from 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain for something like 127.0.0.1 localhost hackme.thelastdomainnameleft.comunist <--- your domain goes here save, of course (the "menu" pops up by pressing "esc" (escape), from meat memory: you go "exit" then "save changes") to tell the x server to launch xfce the next time x is started, simply type this: echo "/usr/local/bin/startxfce4" > ~/.xinitrc then startx my blog's at http://tijuanabsd.blogspot.com/ On 3/3/07, Don and/or Mila Trombley wrote: > I am having a lot of difficulty understanding how to get Xfce4, or, for > that matter, Any windowing program up and running, within FreeBSD. > Could someone please give me Step by step instructions, it would help me > tremendously.....! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >