From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 20 3:49:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23E8A14BFE for ; Thu, 20 May 1999 03:49:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA05699; Thu, 20 May 1999 12:49:02 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA23142; Thu, 20 May 1999 12:49:02 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.9.2/8.9.1) id MAA38617; Thu, 20 May 1999 12:49:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from gunnar) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 12:49:02 +0200 From: Gunnar Flygt To: "Oelbaum, Ralph X." Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: xwindows Message-ID: <19990520124902.C38502@sr.se> Reply-To: flygt@sr.se References: <535B72A36DE1D21198EC00805FBBFCA10B8732@PMSI4211_MAIL3.pharmerica.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <535B72A36DE1D21198EC00805FBBFCA10B8732@PMSI4211_MAIL3.pharmerica.com>; from Oelbaum, Ralph X. on Wed, May 19, 1999 at 12:41:49PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 12:41:49PM -0400, Oelbaum, Ralph X. wrote: > I have just installed 3.x of freebsd and I am trying to set up xwindows. > I added all the xfree86 packages but when I want to change to fvwm95 or > any other desktop I can't seem to do so. What am I doing wrong? I assume that you got xfree86 up and running, but with the somewhat ugly twm window manager. You have to tell xfree86 which windowmanager you want to use. Start with copying /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc to your $HOME/.xinitrc Then edit the file .xinitrc. In the end of it there are some xterm's started and twm also. Comment these out and put in fvwm96 instead. (But if you want some nicer window managers, look at windowmaker and the latest afterstep! !!No `my windowmaker is better than yours` war intended. I just thinks that fvwm95 is as boring as M$ products.) -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message