Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 17:18:28 +1000 From: Fraser Tweedale <frase@frase.id.au> To: nishita@mri.ernet.in Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xfce with graphical login Message-ID: <48269DC4.5080702@frase.id.au> In-Reply-To: <c8170b650805110010x51759a70t5681bb8248e08888@mail.gmail.com> References: <c8170b650805110010x51759a70t5681bb8248e08888@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig612811DD7D627062B89AF649 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nishita Desai wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I just installed Xfce4.4 on FreeBSD 7.0. I have been trying to get it > to directly give me a graphical login. The Xfce manual says this can > be done using gdm. According to it, I need to copy the example file > "xfce44.desktop" into /usr/X11R6/share/xsessions. The example file is > supposed to be located in /usr/local/share/examples (since Xfce is > installed in /usr/local.) But there is no such file. >=20 > 1. Is there any other location this file could be? (`locate` cannot fin= d it.) > 2. Can I download it from somewhere? Googling did not give anything. > 3. Will anyone be kind enough to send me a copy by email? >=20 > It is strange why the file's not there. Xfce was installed using > pkg_add (the port was giving some error in compilation which I could > not solve) and is working nicely without any obvious problems. >=20 > Thanks, > Nishita. >=20 As an Xfce user, I've always found gdm to be more trouble than it's=20 worth. Have you had a look at /usr/ports/x11/slim - it's a nice,=20 lightweight graphical login manager. frase --------------enig612811DD7D627062B89AF649 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgmncsACgkQPw/2FZbemTUkXQCgioXzLXZUDHolTqJTMe2e/YUo d2cAnigfjnv/olulS2hWFYqTBsWguJF9 =dMdB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig612811DD7D627062B89AF649--
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