Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:13:13 +0800 (PHT) From: ammag@mail.upm.edu.ph To: Philip Pereira <info@wintellect.co.uk> Cc: Phil Webb <philwebb@piperain.com>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Howdy! Message-ID: <1005711193.3bf1ef59eed40@lupa.upm.edu.ph> In-Reply-To: <001901c16af3$e93beba0$c08901d4@wintellect.com> References: <002f01c16af0$85410250$6401a8c0@phils> <001901c16af3$e93beba0$c08901d4@wintellect.com>
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Hi Phil! I'm Anthony from the Philippines. I'm not that good in BSD but I guess its worth to try. Is your XF86Config OK? If it's not, try using XF86Setup. If it is, just add the line "exec startkde" in your .xinitrc file. Mabuhay! Quoting Philip Pereira <info@wintellect.co.uk>: > Hey Phil, > > my name's Phil too. Any idea how to set up KDE as the default > windowmanager when you type in "startx" ? > > When I put it in my "xinit.rc" home file, I get a "$Display not > configured" > message... any ideas? > > Cheers > > Phil > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Webb" <philwebb@piperain.com> > To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 8:36 PM > Subject: Howdy! > > > > Just poppin' in to say hi, so "HI"! > > > > There, I'm done with it! :) > > > > I have been piddling with FreeBSD since 4.0 but now am getting > "serious" > > > > with it. I work for a large office supply chain selling computers > etc. > > and > > occaisonally folks come in with *nix questions so I suppose I should > > have a > > reasonable grasp of it eh? > > > > I am pretty familiar with Windows (even got XP to dual boot with > FreeBSD > > > > 4.4 on this machine) and run FreeBSD on 2 machines at home. That way > if > > I > > screw one up, I have something to compare to! > > > > At any rate, I am now starting to actually get around fairly well and > am > > > > even getting dangerous. To Wit: re-compiled the kernel and got my > > onboard > > sound working (Oh happy day!) and walked around with a swolen head for > a > > > > couple of days. > > > > I have Greg Lehey's "Complete FreeBSD 3rd edition" and have Annelise > > Andersons book on order (waiting impatiently I might add!:) ). > Nothing > > beats the printed word for untangling messes. > > > > Now my goals are to get the CD drives to play music CD's as well as > burn > > > > (on the burner of course), get SAMBA working so The Wife can print > > across > > our little network and get my own dadgum printer working. > Unfortunately > > my > > HP 932c, while a great little printer doesn't support Postscript. > :( > > > > As I saw in another thread, *nix does require one to pay attention > to > > details, so thats good exercise too! To that end I suppose I'd > better > > learn to type well. At the moment the backspace key seems to be my > best > > > > friend in KDE. Once I start with vi I'm really gonna be in trouble! > :) > > > > Anyway, just a word of encouragement to the frustrated and thanks to > > those > > who help. > > > > Have Fun! > > > > phil > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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