From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 14 20:32:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA14147 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 20:32:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freenet.hamilton.on.ca (main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca [199.212.94.65]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA14128 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 20:32:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca [199.212.94.66]) by freenet.hamilton.on.ca (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id XAA24079; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 23:31:58 -0400 Received: (ac199@localhost) by james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA21210; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 23:33:37 -0400 Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 23:33:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek To: mtoole@hidesert.com cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <199607141835.LAA00252@www.hidesert.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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