Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 20:02:03 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Fredrik <starkbeats@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gettin xfce4 up and running Message-ID: <20150904200203.34b1eb68.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <39F1FBEE-EDA8-499A-99D2-BB8548A890B3@gmail.com> References: <39F1FBEE-EDA8-499A-99D2-BB8548A890B3@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 19:42:20 +0200, Fredrik wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to get xfce4 to work after reading the instructions [1]. > I have tried the packet, then install from source but both methods > leave me without a startx or startxfce4 command. I have no idea what > do to next, hopefully someone can help me. > > [1] https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html The "startx" command is provided by X, and "startxfce4" originates from Xfce. You need to create .xinitrc (or .xsession) with the "exec startxfce4" command, then % startx will start X and run Xfce. YOu can see this in 5.7.3. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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