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Subject: Re: Gnome login
From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
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On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 07:47, socketd wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I have installed gnome2 on my FreeBSD 4.7 computer.
> In /root/.xinitrc I have this linie:
> exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
> 
> The above linie create a login window, but I don't want that.
> If I delete this linie or put an & behind it, gnome will start and
> terminate.
> If I close the window gnome will terminate.
> 
> So my question is "How do I start gnome without that window popping up?"

All you need in ~/.xinitrc to start GNOME is:

exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session

Joe

> 
> br
> socketd
> 
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