Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 20:22:34 -0400 From: "C. A. Daelhousen" <cd9@buffalo.edu> To: Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do i change my windows manager? Message-ID: <20020826202234.B2595@selvirjin.buffalo.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020825145451.17857.qmail@web20105.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdneophyte@yahoo.com on Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 07:54:51AM -0700 References: <20020825145451.17857.qmail@web20105.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 07:54:51AM -0700, Bsd Neophyte wrote: > > i've installed hackedbox through the ports... but i'm having problems > trying to get it to load instead of twm(?). > > i've tried reading the handbook, but that didn't help me understand what > to do with the .xinit file... and the xfree86 site was of even less help > with it's documentation that's not expecially good for a newbie. > XDM uses .xsession, which must be executable. So assuming the other replies were correct: $ cat >.xsession #!/bin/sh exec hackedbox ^D $ chmod 700 .xsession startx (which runs xinit) uses .xinitrc, which is automagically run via /bin/sh. $ echo "exec hackedbox" >.xinitrc I prefer to set up .xinitrc as an executable script, and then simply (soft)link .xsession to it. -- ..: Chad Daelhousen == cd9@buffalo.edu :.........: sig v3.1 :... : Programming for 10 +/- 2 years (50 +/- 10% of a lifetime) : :.............Perl will be the first to implement mind reading.: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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