From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 5 17:04:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA13991 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 May 1998 17:04:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.apc.net (mail.inhousecorp.com [207.113.177.8] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA13865 for ; Tue, 5 May 1998 17:03:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dima@apc.net) Received: from icg-apc-pr1-p7.apc.net (icg-apc-pr1-p7.apc.net [207.211.76.161]) by mail.apc.net (NTMail 3.03.0013/1d.aag5) with ESMTP id xa837535 for ; Tue, 5 May 1998 17:03:09 -0700 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980505165842.00917be0@mail.apc.net> X-Sender: dima@mail.apc.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 16:58:42 -0700 To: "Shan-Min Chao" From: Dima Dorfman Subject: Re: A simple X-Win question Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <01bd781b$2faf2720$143781d0@shan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Run xterm in the background. Try: xterm& At 04:44 AM 5/5/98 -0700, you wrote: >Hi, > I have a really idiotic questions to >ask. I have FreeBSD 2.2.2, and I installed >the X-Win TWM that came with it. The >question I have is this - how do I open >extra xterm windows? I know this is >a very stupid question, but it has been >bugging me. I try typing 'xterm' into one >of the terminal windows, but it just freezes >the current one and opens up a new one. >I have 4 windows after that, but 1 of them >is useless and only 3 are usable. Any way >around this? Please e-mail me direct >(shanmin@lvdi.net) for the response. >Thanks in advance! > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > --- Dima Dorfman (dima@apc.net) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 Micro$oft $ucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message