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Date:      14 Oct 2001 19:26:05 EDT
From:      "Paul Blazejowski" <paulb@blazebox.homeip.net>
To:        nigelt@iinet.net.au
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Blackbox
Message-ID:  <20011014232603.A3A2322BB0@mail.blazebox.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <200110142252.GAA05628@webmail2.iinet.net.au>
References:  <200110142252.GAA05628@webmail2.iinet.net.au>

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On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 06:52:35 +0800, nigelt@iinet.net.au wrote:

> Hello all
>  
>  Just wondering if someone could tell what to put in my .xsession to start 
>  blackbox, all i have done is installed XFree86 and Blackbox from the ports 
>  is there anymore that i need to install?
>  
>  Thank you
>  
>  
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Hi,

In your home directory do touch .xinitrc then
echo "exec blackbox" > .xinitrc and startx to start blackbox...
You might need to chmod 0755 or chmod u+x .xinitrc in some cases.
Enjoy your new window manager :) ...hope this helps.

Regards,

Paul aka Diffie
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