From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 26 15:39:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A76A7106566B for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:39:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 336238FC0A for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:39:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Lmrfx-0006zB-Ld; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:39:25 +0000 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id n2QFdO2G022566; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:39:24 GMT Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D572EFCA699; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:39:18 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:39:18 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Pieter Donche Message-ID: <20090326153918.GA84393@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Pieter Donche , Polytropon , "mail.list freebsd-questions" References: <20090325222900.d4c325ee.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'http://www.shute.org.uk/' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.1.7 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:39:25 +0000 (GMT) Cc: Polytropon , "mail.list freebsd-questions" Subject: Re: how to configure xbiff X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:39:31 -0000 On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 08:39:38AM +0100, Pieter Donche wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Polytropon wrote: > > >On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:21:48 +0100 (CET), Pieter Donche > > wrote: > >>What precise command do I have to write in what startup file, > >>so that this does the same thing on FreeBSD/KDE3.5 ? > > > >I have the following line in my ~/.xinitrc: > > > > xbiff -geometry 50x50+0+998 & > >This is for the lower left corner of a 1400x1050 21" CRT. > >If you think you need further options, consult "man xbiff". :-) > > >From a terminal window command line xbiff -geometry 50x50-5+5 & puts > it in my upper right corner, but if I put that in my .xinitrc > (and chmod 755 ~/.xinitrc) nothing happens. Are you using kdm window > manager or xdm ? (I have in my /etc/ttys: > ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodeamon" xterm on secure) > > Would .xinitrc not be processed by kdm window manager? > Probably not. ~/.xinitrc is only run when you use startx and ~/.xsession is used when you run the display manager xdm(1). I believe kdm also uses xsession. This is all IIRC. I haven't used a display manager for sometime and I've never used kdm. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html