From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 16 10:06:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA24206 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:06:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from enigami.com (enigami.com [208.140.182.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA24046 for ; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:06:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ckempf@enigami.com) Received: from [208.140.182.45] (symphony.enigami.com [208.140.182.45]) by enigami.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA14842; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 13:05:27 -0500 (EST) X-Sender: ckempfm@enigami.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <350D5C4F.792D@boat.bt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 13:04:26 -0500 To: paskt@boat.bt.com From: Cory Kempf Subject: Re: X.Windows Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Hi there, >Question: >Does the X.Windows start automatically the next time I reboot or does >the config file need altering? How do I run it? You probably want to edit /etc/ttys file, and turn xdm on. There are other ways to start up X -- startx being one of the more common. By the way, it is a windowing system called X, not X.Windows. (it is NOT a CCITT standard, 'sfar as I know!) >If I need to edit any configuration files could you suggest an easier to >use editor than vi. Learn vi. There are other editors out there (emacs, et al, ee, etc), but for sysadmin stuffs, vi is pretty much guaranteed to work, no matter which unix system you are on or what its state of configuration is. Creating / buying a cheat sheet helps. +C -- Thinking of purchasing RAM from the Chip Merchant? Please read this first: Cory Kempf Macintosh / Unix Consulting & Software Development ckempf@enigami.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message