From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 6 04:53:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 369E016A415 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 04:53:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@tania.servebbs.org) Received: from mail3.panix.com (mail3.panix.com [166.84.1.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A41A43D45 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 04:53:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob@tania.servebbs.org) Received: from mailspool3.panix.com (mailspool3.panix.com [166.84.1.78]) by mail3.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 080C113A7A7 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 00:53:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from tania.servebbs.org (pool-71-247-21-28.nycmny.east.verizon.net [71.247.21.28]) by mailspool3.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E8C06E3383 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 00:53:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Bob Organization: TamaraB To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 00:52:12 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200610060052.13580.bob@tania.servebbs.org> Subject: Re: Strange X problem 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: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:53:09 -0000 On Thursday 05 October 2006 15:36, Paul Schmehl wrote: > > What did I miss? > Don't know exactly, as I am quite new to FreeBSD; but I can tell you what I did. After the installation of X11, I created a file in my home directory called .xinitrc in that file I have the single line exec startkde. I log into my account, and when I want Xwindows I simply execute /usr/X11R6/bin/startx. Here is what my .xinitrc file looks like: #/usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce4 #exec gnome-session #/usr/X11R6/bin/afterstep exec startkde I can edit it and use another window manager if I want... I have used all the ones listed. Hope some of this helps. Bob