Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 10:55:32 -0500 (CDT) From: Stan Shkolnyy <stan@laurent.osgroup.com> To: Bart Trzynadlowski <trzy@powernet.net> Cc: "'FreeBSD questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: configuring x resolutions Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.990616105109.5283B-100000@laurent.osgroup.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906160845250.309-100000@Brzuszek>
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On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Bart Trzynadlowski wrote: > I reconfigured the XF86Config file and tried it and it worked great! > Thanks. But is there any place with a good overview of X? I tried > FreeBSD.org and the XFree86 site however it was a bit lacking. The kind of > stuff I'd like to know is how to customize the start procedure so that it > uses a different window manager than TWM as default. The man pages > suggested creating a new .xinitrc or a systemwide xinitrc file and even > gave examples however some of the stuff is a bit unclear. The X directory > tree is a behemoth and I can't let it sit on my hard disk forever without > knowing how to tailor it to my preferences =) This .xinitrc runs two xterms (note & at the end of lines) and finally win.manager qvwm - should be the last line. # xhost + # xrdb -load .Xdefaults # xmodmap -e 'keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Meta_L' xterm -s -sl 256 -sb -ls -j -rw -geometry 80x30 & # xterm -s -sl 256 -sb -ls -j -rw -geometry 80x30-0+0 & xterm -fn -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--12-* -geometry 80x50 & # ddd -fn -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--12-* -geometry 800x600 & ddd -geometry 800x600 # xearth & # emacs -name "Emacs" -geometry 100x55-0+0 -font 8x16& # xbiff -geometry +450-0 -fg green -bg black& # fvwm2 qvwm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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