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Date:      Sun, 25 Aug 2002 11:20:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Dru <dlavigne6@cogeco.ca>
To:        Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how do i change my windows manager?
Message-ID:  <20020825111745.M162-100000@x1-6-00-80-c8-3a-b8-46.kico2.on.cogeco.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20020825145451.17857.qmail@web20105.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, Bsd Neophyte wrote:

>
> i've installed hackedbox through the ports... but i'm having problems
> trying to get it to load instead of twm(?).
>
> i've tried reading the handbook, but that didn't help me understand what
> to do with the .xinit file... and the xfree86 site was of even less help
> with it's documentation that's not expecially good for a newbie.

Create a file in your home directory called .xinitrc and put this one line
in it:

exec hackedbox

That should work. Haven't used hackedbox before so I'm hoping that's the
name of its executable :)

Dru


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