From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 25 21:12:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from spider1.spiderlink.com (unknown [207.155.120.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 042CB14E6C for ; Tue, 25 May 1999 21:12:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@freeze.org) Received: from zw9js (terbium.remote.qx.net [208.200.110.122]) by spider1.spiderlink.com (post.office MTA v2.0 0813 ID# 0-29967U60) with SMTP id AAA268 for ; Tue, 25 May 1999 21:11:57 -0700 Message-ID: <031e01bea72d$f276ee40$5e6ec8d0@lexmark.com> From: "Jim Freeze" To: References: <199905252029.AA24383@interlock2.lexmark.com> <19990525225348.D277@marder-1> Subject: Re: XFree86 Questions Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 23:29:12 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 04:29:14PM -0400, jfreeze@lexmark.com wrote: > > I have a few questions about XFree86. I have visited their site and > > looked for configuration documentation, but I have had no luck. > > I would be interested in answers to the following questions or > > pointers to docs so I may help myself. > > > > 1. How does one get scroll bars on the X windows? (is it possible?) > > It is a function of the window manager, not X itself. Me being a newbie, would you mind giving me another hint. :) I did the standard install with XFree86. When I run startx, I get a windowed environment. These windows do not have scroll bars. Is it possible to change some configuration option so they do? If so, then how? > > > 2. How do I set the window position and size so it is pre-set when > > I log back in? > > As for 1. Save as above. Is there a configuration option that can be set here? > > > 3. I have the last statement in my .login file set to startx. This > > starts X when I log in as root, but does not work when I log in > > as a user. (Yes, I have startx in the users .login). Seems like > > it should work the same as root. > > > > Are the user and root running different shells? Yes, this is probably it. Thanks > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov > _______________________________________________________________ > Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK > CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry > mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message