From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 9 6: 9:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66CF8152C5 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 1999 06:09:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.040 #1) id 11lBwW-000Nvo-00; Tue, 09 Nov 1999 16:08:16 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: starting gnome... In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 09 Nov 1999 14:03:18 GMT." Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 16:08:16 +0200 Message-ID: <91990.942156496@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 09 Nov 1999 14:03:18 GMT, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Well, i found everything i wanted to know about Gnome at their website > EXCEPT how to start the blasted thing! In xinitrc i need a line for my WM > (WindowMaker or E) and then 'panel &' after that, right? Or maybe before? > I can't get the panel to come up. Since .xinitrc is executed as a shell script, you probably want the last command in the file to be the only one which is _not_ backgrounded with the ``&'' character. Obviously, those commands which run for a brief period and then terminate don't need to be run in the background. The real issue is this -- which process needs to terminate for you to consider your X session over? _That_ program is the one that should probably not be run in the background, and it's probably the one you want to run last in the .xinitrc file. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message