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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Fredrik <starkbeats@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Gettin xfce4 up and running
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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.



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Polytropon
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