From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 1 12:18:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C318F37B400 for ; Sun, 1 Sep 2002 12:18:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (russian-caravan.cloud9.net [168.100.1.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E16743E7B for ; Sun, 1 Sep 2002 12:18:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from earl-grey.cloud9.net (earl-grey.cloud9.net [168.100.1.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D288228F56; Sun, 1 Sep 2002 15:18:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 15:18:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich X-X-Sender: To: Norbert Augenstein Cc: FreeBSD LIST Subject: Re: startx and windows managers In-Reply-To: <20020901025458.663844ba.auge@seth.augenstein.net> Message-ID: <20020901151608.V37627-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Organization: Video2Video Services - http://Www.Video2Video.Com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Norbert Augenstein wrote: > Peter Leftwich wrote: > > What is the difference between Gnome (and its default wm called > > MetaCity) and the windows manager itself? > all your answers you may find here: http://www.plig.org/xwinman/ Before I posted I had already read the introduction link/page. Between that and the next step the site becomes too technical! I was reading http://www.plig.org/xwinman/basics.html and it mentions that I should have a file called /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc but I don't even have the xinit directory! > should i read the manuals to you?? please ask your wife > www.qvwm.org or see link above! > auge I am posting because I already RTFM'ed so there is no need to get snotty about helping me. Can someone with a bit more class and dignity respond? -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message