From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 10:31:39 2008 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 7FFDC1065673 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:31:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EECFA8FC28 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:31:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id j2so1872812tid.3 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:31:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=kjK6/ECMJCCwLrMboERk3TxvLaAnkSIaMVxPopQz2j4=; b=toqiRMDep7Vhog9qB9H1pVu9kSoEssgI1IuB1u4YmH0jv0XoMAcoT+EGZlERwXjHSR7SV7ur8tfRBeozKfI69r/8oXMioaSryMLMATWJGGM+xWVnWrWtC+ZLy4iAV5QppxpuVw49QHoeGbYcIApu8zeExEz6po4+ezg9TmiSncM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=PwBlIVKZN4FqKOPESGmblTaMkCYQMjaJ8pY4FReMhVIVOIwqcR5BbkQeWp+W/U2zKg6J9tEqcwnUjLaNe+KZstj9b1y577NYrfUuID4Ak2eDLIupxXnr3oH489iB0bDklQZddw/abo7XDPuu5yp3FjxeKlNYmkWWpjWnFA18zT8= Received: by 10.110.49.6 with SMTP id w6mr270185tiw.2.1204713097510; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:31:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.110.5.3 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 02:31:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5635aa0d0803050231r693a2928x910ecb35e7f2287@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 05:31:37 -0500 From: "Outback Dingo" To: Chris In-Reply-To: <20080305042854.12d19f15@thudpucker.makeworld.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3b2ddd940803041441k6f059619ga1b2987aecd45007@mail.gmail.com> <20080305004756.GB87943@osiris.chen.org.nz> <3b2ddd940803050207x51cd64edh81b03870112fd3ad@mail.gmail.com> <5635aa0d0803050210y3323dda2s82205890872f22e1@mail.gmail.com> <3b2ddd940803050219o546ce777k556abc69a413fe84@mail.gmail.com> <5635aa0d0803050223v41277e95l3426849cbfe290b@mail.gmail.com> <20080305042854.12d19f15@thudpucker.makeworld.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Siraj Shaikh , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to start Gnome2-lite 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: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:31:39 -0000 whaaaa echo "exec gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc sounds like potentially a new user we have no idea what directory he might be in silly unix tricks.... On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:28 AM, Chris wrote: > On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 05:23:49 -0500 > "Outback Dingo" wrote: > > > notice i typed ~/.xinitrc not /.xinitrc see the "~" > > > > > > the ~/ means your home diretcory > > > > ie /root if your logged in as root > > > > and you typed > > > > cd ~/ > > > > it would cd you into /root > > > > if you were logged in as siraj and you typed cd ~/ > > > > it would cd you into /home/siraj ... > > > > follow...? > > > > so vi ~/.xinitrc > > Alternatively (and assuming .xinitrc does not exist) > > echo "exec gnome-session" > .xinitrc > > If it does: > > echo "exec gnome-session" >> .xinitrc > > > -- > Best regards, > Chris > > Fingerprint: 4201 94F9 E77F 9357 F3F3 56B7 8D20 ECC7 1AB5 FEF8 >