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Date:      Tue, 04 Feb 2003 10:45:03 -0800
From:      Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
To:        jimwatts@quik.com, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: i bought freebsd  4 and
Message-ID:  <200302041045.03400.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
In-Reply-To: <3E3F6A84.8050707@quik.com>
References:  <3E3F6A84.8050707@quik.com>

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On Monday 03 February 2003 11:23 pm, jim wrote:
> i just bought freebsd 4 and i have gotten it to boot x the mouse works
> but i can't get it to load window maker  when i gave the cmd
> "wmaker.inst" it said I have to edit (probably initrc) when i typed it
> in exactly the way it told me it said file not found am i missing
> something  I have a 1.5 gig hd 32 megs of ram 133 proccessor. any idea
> on how i can get the thing running something  twm comes up but the
> commands are all unfamiliar to me.

This is a Windowmaker problem, and not strictly FreeBSD. I am using 
Windowmaker "out of the box" just fine under FreeBSD.

The file you're supposed to list with wmaker.inst is ".xinitrc" (don't forget 
the period). This has always worked for me. It automatically creates or edits 
the file. I suspect you have a permission problem. Log into the account you 
will be using Windowmaker from, and make sure you are in that user's home 
directory, before running wmaker.inst.

David

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