From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 20 17:13:49 2011 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 C03F81065672 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:13:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unix.hacker@comcast.net) Received: from qmta14.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta14.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.59.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C8918FC21 for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:13:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta16.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.88]) by qmta14.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id BVDp1i00C1uE5Es5EVDpYT; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:13:49 +0000 Received: from [192.168.2.2] ([68.43.224.227]) by omta16.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id BVDo1i00Z4uzdYs3cVDpaE; Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:13:49 +0000 Message-ID: <4EF0C24B.9060506@comcast.net> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:13:47 -0500 From: Allen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Kapshuk References: <4EF028D8.803@comcast.net> <4EF0580D.8090002@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port, Packages, and Patching, Upgrading X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:13:49 -0000 On 12/20/2011 6:16 AM, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: *SNIP* > about FVWM2 not working on your other FreeBSD install... > i'm not sure how you set up your X11 system and your window manager, but > this section of the handbook, Chapter 6 The X Window System, has > instructions for setting up a desktop environment as well as a window > manager of your choice; it's a matter of specifying the path to the > executable for your window manager either in $HOME/.xsession or > in $HOME/.xinitrc depending on whether you use XDM or some other display > manager; Hello, I personally don't bother to set up X; When I install FreeBSD, once I reboot into the new system, I install KDM, and GDM, and then just load that, and it works fine right out of the box, so I don't bother screwing with what isn't broken. I have KDM I've been using mostly as of late, and most of the Window Managers I have installed show up just fine, and the original FVWM shows up as well, but for some reason, FVWM2 won't lol. It's annoying me because I like that one more. I'm a weird guy in terms of Window Managers and Desktop Environments; I use, all the time mind you; KDE, Gnome, Enlightenment (Both .16 and .17) and then, I use Fluxbox, OpenBox, HackedBox, Blackbox, Window Maker, Afterstep, FVWM, FVWM2, FVWM-95, FVWM-Crystal, XFCE, XFCE4, Phluid, TWM, MWM, VTWM, and.... Actually, there's more, but you get the idea. Basically, I like being able to log out, and log back in, and have my screen look totally different from how it did before. Sometimes I want speed and I go for E and Window Maker and the FVWM based ones. Sometimes, I want KDE and Gnome, so, I install them all, and use them all. But I don't configure X at all. Every machine I have FreeBSD on, has not ever gone through a Configuration of X. I just type KDM or GDM, let it load, it works right the first time, and I log in. > sasha -Allen