Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 22:27:42 -0800 From: "Eric Lam" <cybercriminal@earthlink.net> To: "parv" <parv_@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: X Windows, Blackbox, and VNC Message-ID: <IAEKKLIOEBMAKJIIGEBBKEIFCFAA.cybercriminal@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20011125012047.B27951@moo.holy.cow>
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Well, my problem is fixing up probalby 20 users and potential new users. It's not a big of a deal writing up a script, but it would be nice and a bonus if there was a central config file. thanks for your help though. eric -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of parv Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 10:21 PM To: Eric Lam Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Windows, Blackbox, and VNC in message <IAEKKLIOEBMAKJIIGEBBCEIECFAA.ecrim@earthlink.net>, wrote Eric Lam thusly... > ... > You know how VNC creates a default ~/.vnc/xstartup? Is there a way to > automically specify xstartup to use blackbox, instead of the default windows > manager? Its rather annoying to configure ~/.vnc/xstartup so that it starts > up blackbox instead of that twm. > a really crude & quick way is to create symlink from twm to blackbox. twm is more or less guaranteed to be on a X Window System, afaik. so vnc does the safest thing. sure, it's not automagic, but why is it so hard to edit a line? ...unless, you are talking about changes to hundreds of users' files. but even in that case, a short perl program would take care of that too. - parv To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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