From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 9 6:20: 7 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 1E05814E24 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 1999 06:19:58 -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 11lC7i-000OBu-00; Tue, 09 Nov 1999 16:19:50 +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 14:13:53 GMT." Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 16:19:49 +0200 Message-ID: <92993.942157189@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 09 Nov 1999 14:13:53 GMT, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > I guess this means i want panel & and then the WM in the script, right? You should really get into the habit of trying what you can on your own, especially once you've gotten pointers in the right direction. The answer to your question is probably "yes", but it wouldn't have taken you long to find out. I don't use WindowMaker. :-) > Why doesn't the docs anywhere say how to run Gnome like this? This isn't a Gnome-specific issue -- it's a basic shell process management issue, with a little X-related common sense thrown in. It's something you'll understand better once you've read the startx(1) and sh(1) manpages. You can get away with just the startx(1) manpage if you're already comfortable with shell scripts. > Do they really assume everyone is running RedHat and it's just a > matter of running LinuxConf? They probably take for granted that someone who's going to run their window manager either has things set up for him (as in the LinuxConf case) or reads the documentation for getting an X display server up and running (startx(1) or xdm(1) ). :-P Have fun! Later, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message