Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 09:15:50 +0200 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: "N. Wolfe" <nate@wolfepub.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: xwindows not starting Message-ID: <19990330091550.A37176@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990329210216.00967a80@smtp.net-link.net>; from N. Wolfe on Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 09:03:01PM -0500 References: <4.1.19990329210216.00967a80@smtp.net-link.net>
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On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 09:03:01PM -0500, N. Wolfe wrote:
> i have installed FreeBSD many times now and have noticed that about half of
> the time after the xwindows setup you can type 'startx' and xwindows will
> start up fine and the other half i get a message regarding the absence of a
> file called xinit or something similar. Anyone know why that is and how I
> might be able to fix the problem in my current installation?
You have a sample xinitrc in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/ called xinitrc.
Copy this file with the name .xinitrc to your $HOME/. and edit the file
to start the windowmanager of your choice.
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