From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 4 23:43:10 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34134106566B for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2010 23:43:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2A748FC08 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2010 23:43:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o24Nh5fe046232; Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:43:05 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o24Nh5nN046229; Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:43:05 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:43:05 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20100305002520.c06d7d20.freebsd@edvax.de> Message-ID: References: <20100305002520.c06d7d20.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:43:05 -0700 (MST) Cc: n dhert , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg, xdm, desktop env X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:43:10 -0000 On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 09:30:05 +0100, n dhert wrote: >> Installed a fresh FreeBSD-8.0, xorg, configured xorg for my screen, >> installed xdm. >> After reboot I see a graphical login window. When entering username and >> password, it seems to accept it, but immediatly present the graphical login >> window again. (In console mode (Ctrl-Alt-F1) I can login at the login: >> prompt with the >> same username/password). >> Has FreeSBD somewhere a default environment (in that case why does it not >> appear after logging in at the >> XDM graphical window) or do you still need to install a Desktop environment >> (Gnome, KDE, Xfce) and is it >> normal that after logging in at the XDM window, you are thrown out again.. > > As far as I know, earlier X installations came with the > tab window manager - twm. This doesn't seem to be the case > anymore. twm is still enabled by default as part of the x11/xorg-apps port. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA