From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 16 12:02:57 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7AB18507 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:02:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yk0-x22c.google.com (mail-yk0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c07::22c]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A8132469 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:02:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yk0-f172.google.com with SMTP id 10so2934430ykt.3 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 05:02:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=mZTroqy6A6iB//ZjINCUpLt3wHX8LGZEASrArPa7XfA=; b=nRP3AfD0XGdO10GYXqo7b6wa39HMrKEeOaoJLmHeuNkeIMaUdt5Ew1UYzkQYBSXFH7 N+ICsW5Fkh2l8BEbpjNz8YqkskOqjKUh35EpsVfZiykDwLpFs40cO2Vf3aZrufYcvsf+ J57ylk6jvK3/PXgUGCG7CHrpQZvZxJ6kNcU7WZUGu/OV0btVxrQm9rvnrSaYmMwNw8AS mlANFuYBEmP6ktbAxBqGtAerAuXaVXwqWpDEZvCwLhSBJipgGaDmwJUTUeLWxrWGWjal WkIoDZvYaxrdK8Le2UUefy1XjOpJu35Pbnchf5S3Mw5W+z+aRzL236DBztupamKuD/wB 8tpg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.236.19.37 with SMTP id m25mr383747yhm.134.1408190576134; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 05:02:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.170.132.200 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 05:02:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.170.132.200 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 05:02:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <53EF4592.9030406@hiwaay.net> References: <53EBE6D6.8090501@hiwaay.net> <20140814072430.5e39c3bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <53ED2189.6020408@hiwaay.net> <53EE14FA.8060601@hiwaay.net> <20140815192413.78634baa.freebsd@edvax.de> <53EE4480.1080803@hiwaay.net> <20140815194438.2a468e5f.freebsd@edvax.de> <53EF4592.9030406@hiwaay.net> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 07:02:55 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online .... From: Matt Bettinger To: "William A. Mahaffey III" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:02:57 -0000 25 emails to use a FreeBSD desktop... Just use windows or linux On Aug 16, 2014 6:44 AM, "William A. Mahaffey III" wrote: > > On 08/15/14 12:44, Polytropon wrote: > >> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:33:52 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> >>> On 08/15/14 12:24, Polytropon wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:11:06 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >>>> >>>>> open display: . >>>>> >>>> Huh? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Type 'xfce4-session --help' for usage. >>>>> >>>> Do you have "exec xfce4-session" in your user's ~/.xinitrc or >>>> ~/.xsession file (last line)? >>>> >>>> >>>> [wam@kabini1, ~, 12:26:31pm] 364 % cat .xinitrc >>> exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 >>> [wam@kabini1, ~, 12:32:39pm] 365 % cat .xsession >>> #! >>> exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 >>> [wam@kabini1, ~, 12:32:45pm] 366 % >>> >> Oh, and note that the first line "#!" is nonsense. Use "#!/bin/sh". >> Can probably be omitted. >> >> And you could try this: >> >> exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session startxfce4 >> >> This looks familiar to me. I prefer something simpler though. :-) >> >> > Good catch on the bad '#!' line, I fixed that & still nogo .... someone > later suggested some alterations to some of the xdm config files .... at > this point, I've pretty much given up on it, I just do a console login, > then type startx & all is well. I normally stay logged in for long periods > (weeks/months), so this doesn't come up often .... > > -- > > William A. Mahaffey III > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war > ever devised by man." > -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >