Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 17:07:42 -0500 From: "F&TGibbs" <fgibbs@attbi.com> To: "Johnson David" <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>, <jimwatts@quik.com>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: i bought freebsd 4 and Message-ID: <LJEGKPNLLKIHLOEKPMNPEEIICCAA.fgibbs@attbi.com> In-Reply-To: <200302041045.03400.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
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Jim, David is correct. It is a WindowMaker issue, so list the .xinitrc within wmaker.inst. On behalf of the majority of us, the first respondent to your query appears to be somewhat socially retarded and unable to "play well with others". I strongly dislike receiving arrogant and distasteful replies on an open board like this one. Granted, ESR makes a valid point in his essay, but c'mon, let's support our own and help each other out. If RN can't understand this, then perhaps reading some essays by RMS on freedom (including freedom to ask, share and be curious [share being an operative word here] - part of the hacker mantra) - it's just a question he had, not the formula for crystal meth or weaponized anthrax............... Drive on, Jim, and ask what you will............ Fritz Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Johnson David Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 1:45 PM To: jimwatts@quik.com; freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i bought freebsd 4 and 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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