Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 08:20:18 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Bulk] Question about XDM Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404130815240.4842@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <1397391274.609.50.camel@archlinux> References: <CAL2Oafx5tQ-raQgNfa-ycJVF-%2BtCKR5LO36KoEkUUViFGjxyMA@mail.gmail.com> <1397391274.609.50.camel@archlinux>
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2014, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I'm using Linux and don't care much about my FreeBSD install, however, > it likely is more or less equal for FreeBSD too. > > There are several ways to start a WM/DE for Linux, the most common ways > IMO are to use > > ~/.xinitrc > > or much more likely to use an entry in > > /usr/share/xsessions/ > > On a Linux mailing list I would ask you to provide more informations, > but I don't have knowledge about FreeBSD. > > Anyway, I would search the web for FreeBSD + xinitrc and xsessions. > > My apologise, assumed this should be completely bad for FreeBSD. On FreeBSD, xdm is often used by enabling the entry for ttyv8 in /etc/ttys, then adding the window manager start commands in the user's .xsession file.
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