Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 06:00:36 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing a window manager Message-ID: <20101104060036.d3d6e8af.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4CD185A0.1060805@nagual.nl> References: <4CD185A0.1060805@nagual.nl>
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On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:54:08 +0100, Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> wrote: > Up 'till now I had a server without X. I've a need however to be able to > graphically work on that server so I thought: I install > x11-servers/xorg.server and after that I build windowmaker (nice and > light). Good choice - here on a long-running regular workstation. > However, this does not seem to be enough to get X working. Three steps: 1. Get X (itself) working 2. Install WindowMaker and its dependencies 3. Make your user account a .xinitrc or .xsession (depends on if you use xdm or startx command) See: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config.html Example for ~/.xinitrc: #!/bin/sh # $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $ [ -f ~/.xmodmaprc ] && xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc xrandr --fb 1400x1050 xrandr --size 1400x1050 xsetroot -solid rgb:3b/4c/7a xset b 100 1000 15 & xset r rate 250 30 & xset s off & xset -dpms & exec wmaker The last line will "transfer control" to the WindowMaker program. Then, configure WindowMaker to your needs. > Can somebody tell me what to build (with portmaster) to get a minimal X > server station with windowmaker. Any dependencies should be recursively by portmaster (as it does per portmanager, port's make install, and even pkg_add -r). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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