Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 23:33:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca> To: mtoole@hidesert.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960714232710.19689A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <199607141835.LAA00252@www.hidesert.com>
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On Sun, 14 Jul 1996 mtoole@hidesert.com wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to get the X windows to work. I won't start. I know I > Probably still have to put it in the path but I don't know how to do that, > can you tell me how to put it in my path? Thanks alot. Run `xf86config' to configure XFree86 first. Then type `startx' to run it. Assuming you have correctly installed all of the things necessary I think that's all you need to do. Run xf86config as root. `startx' can/should be as a normal user. > P.S. I know how to edit files, just let me know which file I need to edit > because I went through them and found about 3 different files with paths, all > of which aren't my current path. Ahh... Well, it all really depends on which shell you are using. You can read the manpage for the given shell (warning, that may take a certain amount of time), or you can just change all three... :) Offhand, .cshrc is used by csh and its variants (ie. tchs). .profile by sh and its variants (ie. bash). .login is also a csh file, but read only when you login instead of everytime that csh is started. .xinitrc is a shell script run shortly after you type `startx'. -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk
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