From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 05:04:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9B2116A4CE for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 05:04:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.cableone.net (scanmail1.cableone.net [24.116.0.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F8C043D58 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 05:04:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net (unverified [24.119.71.12]) by smail1.cableone.net (SurgeMail 1.9b) with ESMTP id 15136560 for multiple; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:53:20 -0700 Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 00:04:01 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: "Jay O'Brien" Message-Id: <20040824000401.00da118a@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <412A99AD.3020806@att.net> References: <412A99AD.3020806@att.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com cc: FreeBSD - questions Subject: Re: XFree86 -- next step? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 05:04:46 -0000 On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:28:13 -0700 "Jay O'Brien" wrote: > I finally have XFree86 working, at least to the point that > I can type "X" and get the expected grid and "X" mouse cursor. > > That in itself doesn't seem very useful, but it works. > > As a learning exercise, which Desktop environment should I > install as a first effort, and how do I run it? > > I'm referring to the FreeBSD Handbook at: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html > Desktop Environments > > I intend to install Mozilla as a browser, in case that makes > any difference. > > Also, what is the mechanism that interprets the "X" command to > run XFree86? Well any thing in ~/.xinitrc will be started when you run startx. If you are using xdm it will be ~/.xsession. Man xinit for more info. :) Here are a few fun places to start... http://xwinman.org/ http://www.freebsd.org/ports/x11.html browse till you find one that fits you and then install it and try it out. :) BTW if you are new to X and not found it yet X -configure and xf86cfg -textmode are your friend when creating a new config file for X :)