Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:34:53 -0800 From: "Derrick Ryalls" <ryallsd@datasphereweb.com> To: "'Simon Barner'" <barner@in.tum.de>, "'Kent Stewart'" <kstewart@owt.com> Cc: 'Khoi - San Zulu' <khoi_san_x@yahoo.com> Subject: RE: Thank you Message-ID: <A99A5AC30F74624388EE5F757BA58A20D7A197@RED-MSG-50.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20040123173115.GA359@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de>
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> > > I searched your site, but my burning question is, How > > > do I start the Graphical Interfaces, KDE and Gnome? I > > > did a Custom Installation following the directions of > > > the website. I installed all the packages and Ports. I > > > want to learn everything. > >=20 > > I don't know about gnome but for KDE, add the line > > exec startkde=20 > > in to a local file called ".xinitrc". There are ways to=20 > make it startup=20 > > at login but I choose to type startx at the command line. >=20 > If you use gdm (which comes with Gnome) as a login manager,=20 > you will be automatically logged into Gnome. >=20 > To launch gdm at boot time, the following is necessary >=20 > cp /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sample /usr/local/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh=20 > chmod a+x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh Curious, what if I want either option. In other words, when I boot up = the machine it shows the gdm login, but if I want a console login can I just = hit Alt-F2? I would just try it out myself, but currently my only running FreeBSD machine is a fileserver. >=20 > You can also launch gdm manually on the console. >=20 > Regards, > Simon >=20
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