Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 19:08:23 +0800 (PHT) From: "Anthony M. Magsino" <ammag@mail.upm.edu.ph> To: Charles Burns <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quick, unimportant X question Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1011122190725.20946E-100000@kulog.upm.edu.ph> In-Reply-To: <F17MHuovp4CCVLrnFZ000018acd@hotmail.com>
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add "exec gnome-session" in your .xinitrc file. don't alter any other files. then type "startx" at the prompt. On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Charles Burns wrote: > "XFree86" seems to execute /just/ X, the server, but not Gnome. > According to the handbook, it should run X with Gnome if I altrer .xinitrc > appropriately. I did and put on in /root and one in /etc/X11/xinit (or > something like that) and it seems to completely ignore the entry. > > Running "xinit", however, runs Gnove fine. Now, X is working great so not > problem here, but, why? I just happenned to try 'xinit' as a command for the > heck of it. I don't understand the whole way X works yet. The only GUI that > I have used for years is... Well, you know... > > Charles Burns > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > 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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