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Date:      Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:06:38 -0500
From:      Gerry Freymann <lists@interpool.ca>
To:        paul thodiyil <pthodiyil@gmail.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: X11 windows not setting up properly
Message-ID:  <20050317130638.495f8caa.lists@interpool.ca>
In-Reply-To: <cb10d07d050317100020248160@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <cb10d07d050317100020248160@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:00:16 -0500
paul thodiyil <pthodiyil@gmail.com> wrote:

>Could anyone suggest a fix for the failure of KDE or gnome desktops to
>appear after startx.

 Did you create a file called  .xinitrc in your home directory with the
following content?

startkde

 Otherwise, it just loads the boring plain Xfree interface with no windows
manager or desktop.

-gerry



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