Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:52:40 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@get-linux.org> To: Charlie Schluting <charlie@schluting.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting in graphical mode in fluxbox Message-ID: <20030729055240.GA19355@webserver> In-Reply-To: <20030728221541.Y8137@cheshire.cat.pdx.edu> References: <20030729035503.6740.qmail@web10010.mail.yahoo.com> <20030728221541.Y8137@cheshire.cat.pdx.edu>
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On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 10:19:49PM -0700 or thereabouts, Charlie Schluting wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, marlon corleone wrote: > > > how do i boot graphically in fluxbox? > > > > im booting up fluxbox in startx method, if i want to > > boot it in graphical mode, should i COMMENT this > > entry: > > > > exec /usr/X11R6/bin/fluxbox in my .xinitrc and put > > the entry in .xsession, is that all i have to do? > > Just try it and find out! > > But yes, you only need to put it in your .xinitrc. I don't even have a > .xsession.. so I'm not sure what its for. > > I've never actually used exec to start a wm, just put: > fluxbox & > in .xinitrc, along with other things I want to start. Here's the Right Way(TM) to do this: echo '#! /bin/sh' > ~/.xsession cat ~/.xinitrc >> ~/.xsession chmod +x ~/.xsession # edit /etc/ttys and uncomment the line for xdm su root -c 'kill -HUP 1' # or reboot -- Josh > > --Charlie > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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