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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:53:27 -0400 (EDT), J.D. Carroll, Jr.  
<jdc@fire-star.com> wrote:

> Current Configuration:
>
> FreeBSD 5.4 RC2
> Gnome 2.10
>
>  I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 RC2 and gnome 2.10, did the port upgrade,
> the Xorg.conf and the host file to get gnome to start. I also created the
> ~.xinitrc file and in it the command exec gnome-session.

~/.xinitrc, you have to be in the same user when you create ~/.xinitrc. If  
done by different user, then do the full path like /home/user/.xinitrc.

>  Now my problem :
>
>   When I type startx Gnome does not start just the basic X window  
> manager.
> But if I start an X-Term and type exec gnome-session I can get gnome to
> start within that X-Term.
>
>   Can someone please help me get it so when I type startx that gnome
> starts and not the default Xwindow manager.
>
>  Thank you.
>
>  DR


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