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Date:      Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:44:22 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        Nick@pettefar.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 7.2 Installation Manual
Message-ID:  <4ad871310906120644w218610ccxa6864a5f1b430dd2@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <BABCD0FF-0451-4892-9729-5FB7742A7E57@Pettefar.com>
References:  <BABCD0FF-0451-4892-9729-5FB7742A7E57@Pettefar.com>

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Hi, Nick

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:09 AM, <Nick@pettefar.com> wrote:
> In www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-post.html
> It says: "If the X server has been configured and a Default Desktop chose=
n,
> it can be started by typing startx at the command line." but nowhere in t=
he
> manual or the installation program is there any information or options on=
 X
> server configuration or choosing a Default Desktop! =A0Help!
>

You can set a default desktop by creating $HOME/.xinitrc containing:
/usr/local/bin/your_desktop_environment


Unless someone beats me to it, I'll take a look at this over the
weekend and submit a patch for the handbook.

--=20
Glen Barber



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