Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 22:12:18 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Ron Ganzer <ganzman@ganzman.no-ip.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question about fluxbox & xserver Message-ID: <40B55C92.4060602@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <web-1220199@ganzman.no-ip.org> References: <web-1220199@ganzman.no-ip.org>
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Ron Ganzer wrote: > > hi all , > i have FBSD 5.1 running for 4 month and it great..... > > HOWEVER i have two problems: > > 1) gnome works perfectly but when i try to run fluxbox i get > XF86CONFIG doesnt have $display...... im at a loss here , any leads > greatly apreciated. > Hi! Please direct technical questions to questions@freebsd.org. 1] Set an environment variable --- in csh/tcsh it's "setenv DISPLAY num", where "num" is the display to connect to. Here's mine ... <kadmin@archangel> [/home/kadmin/scripts][21:45] % echo $DISPLAY :0.0 > > 2) i need to run an Xserver without a desktop manager - how ? > > thanks , > Ron Ganzer I assume you'd enter "startx" after setting ~/.xinitrc properly. Google about for sample .xinitrc files --- you can call apps w/o calling a window manager; that's what I'm assuming you want to do <?> Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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