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Date:      Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:07:35 -0400
From:      Glenn Sieb <ges+lists@wingfoot.org>
To:        questions@lists.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: XFree86 Config (continued)
Message-ID:  <40CA2D27.7090000@wingfoot.org>
In-Reply-To: <200406112239.57438.dgw@liwest.at>
References:  <00c601c44ff3$c96c1f10$0200a8c0@LLAPTOP> <200406112239.57438.dgw@liwest.at>

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Daniela said the following on 6/11/2004 6:39 PM:

>On Friday 11 June 2004 20:36, LW Ellis wrote:
>  
>
>>OK thanx to all the help, I think I'm getting close.
>>I have a config file that works fine....only as long as I am signed in as
>>root.
>>KDE-Lite loads and works fine...
>>However
>>If I sign in as a user, I get a grey-green screen with some white windows.
>>I put the config file in etc/X11/XF86Config.
>>There maybe other copies somewhere, but I think I got most of them.
>>Do I have the config file in the right place?
>>    
>>
>
>Copy the file '.xinitrc' from root's home directory to the respective user's 
>home directory.
>This is because every user can have his own desktop, so every user will have 
>to specify one in order not to get the default one. It's also possible to set 
>a system-wide default, but I've never done this.
>  
>
Ack.. I knew it was .xsomething ;)

G.



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