Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:38:18 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Can't startx as non-root [Vanilla Ice is a wrapper] Message-ID: <20020326173817.GP389@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <20020324031238.Y29083-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20020324004327.A77513@rochester.rr.com> <20020324031238.Y29083-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 03:20:41 -0500 (EST)
> From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
> To: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu>
> Cc: Jeff Jeter <gsfgf@hotmail.com>,
> FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Subject: Re: Can't startx as non-root [Vanilla Ice is a wrapper]
> Can someone -=please=- discuss the relative pros and cons of wrapper
> vs xdm (as called from /etc/ttys) vs startx vs the XFree86 binary
> itself vs ~/.xinitrc vs ~/.xsession vs `exec gnome-session` vs `exec
> kde-session` vs committing oneself to a life of command-line-only
> especially after the discovery that w3m kicks the pants *and* panties
> off lynx vs [LASTLY] committing oneself to the nearest local
> institution for the mental defective?
Well...
I would most probably use [gkx]dm should I install FreeBSD on my
mother's machine: it's less typing to login, and you don't see no
steenking console. For me, it's startx any time. But basically it's
just a matter of taste IMO.
As for the .xinitrc vs. .xsession files: one is used by xinit (for
which startx is a frontend), the latter is used by the various
display managers: [gkx]dm. Other than that, they serve the same
purpose.
I'm afraid I don't understand your question (if there is one) about
gnome-session vs. kdeinit.
I run blackbox on xfree86-4.1.0, and the top five applications I
use are mutt, vim, w3m, and zsh in rxvt terminals. :)
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