From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Apr 25 06:56:34 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0699BD4FA54 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:56:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from smtp1.irishbroadband.ie (smtp2.irishbroadband.ie [62.231.32.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C62A4788 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:56:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from [89.127.62.20] (helo=smtp.lan.sohara.org) by smtp1.irishbroadband.ie with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1d2u5l-00064Y-La; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:36:53 +0100 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.lan.sohara.org) by smtp.lan.sohara.org with smtp (Exim 4.89 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1d2u6k-0003A0-1K; Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:37:54 +0000 Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:36:49 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu Subject: Re: New question on Mate and FreeBSD Message-Id: <20170425073649.cdaf1e0a650c73a4555530ed@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <50747.128.135.52.6.1493070427.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> References: <07197ae8f00a48f5ea7d098fb75145ca.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20170424224534.91448acb.freebsd@edvax.de> <5793f2002bc6eff17b2831bede1056e6.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <50747.128.135.52.6.1493070427.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3) X-Clacks-Overhead: "GNU Terry Pratchett" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:56:34 -0000 On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:47:07 -0500 (CDT) "Valeri Galtsev" wrote: > exec startx > > (I prefer "exec startx" so that if my X session is killed, say by someone > at my keyboard going to virtual console which I started it from and > pressing CTRL+C then he doesn't get my shell, it just quits upon killing x > session and presents login prompt - I believe everybody does that). I use startx & logout for similar reasons, that way the login prompt is there all the time. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith