Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:03:45 +0100 From: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> To: Roger Olofsson <raggen@passagen.se> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, ajay gopalakrishnan <geek.dwells@gmail.com> Subject: Re: i am facing these issues after my FreeBSD 6.2 installation. Message-ID: <20070315070345.GE50172@elvandar.org> In-Reply-To: <45F6FFE6.8070903@passagen.se> References: <b8c16adc0703130523h6a94466chadd1184d43bbb0d8@mail.gmail.com> <45F6FFE6.8070903@passagen.se>
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On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 08:47:50PM +0100, Roger Olofsson wrote: > Hello Ajay, > > 2. May I suggest that you get the source code for vim and compile it? > It's available at the wonderful Vi lovers homepage at -> > http://thomer.com/vi/vi.html > > 3. You could, for instance, create a small file containing the startx > command, make sure that file is executable by doing chmod ugo+x > <filename> and place that file in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. That is a very bad advise imo. rc.d scripts are started by root and unless the daemons started drop privileges, you will be running X as root, which is not something you want to persue. Additionally; there are far better alternatives then using these kind of solutions. That said; Thanks for the willingness to help someone out! It is really appriciated and shows the power of the FreeBSD Community! Cheers, Remko > > 5. The sources are available as a package. Just install them using csup > or any other method you prefer. > > Good luck! > -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder ** remko@elvandar.org FreeBSD ** remko@FreeBSD.org /* Quis custodiet ipsos custodes */
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