Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 00:04:01 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: "Jay O'Brien" <jayobrien@att.net> Cc: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: XFree86 -- next step? Message-ID: <20040824000401.00da118a@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <412A99AD.3020806@att.net> References: <412A99AD.3020806@att.net>
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:28:13 -0700 "Jay O'Brien" <jayobrien@att.net> wrote: > I finally have XFree86 working, at least to the point that > I can type "X" and get the expected grid and "X" mouse cursor. > > That in itself doesn't seem very useful, but it works. > > As a learning exercise, which Desktop environment should I > install as a first effort, and how do I run it? > > I'm referring to the FreeBSD Handbook at: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html > Desktop Environments > > I intend to install Mozilla as a browser, in case that makes > any difference. > > Also, what is the mechanism that interprets the "X" command to > run XFree86? Well any thing in ~/.xinitrc will be started when you run startx. If you are using xdm it will be ~/.xsession. Man xinit for more info. :) Here are a few fun places to start... http://xwinman.org/ http://www.freebsd.org/ports/x11.html browse till you find one that fits you and then install it and try it out. :) BTW if you are new to X and not found it yet X -configure and xf86cfg -textmode are your friend when creating a new config file for X :)
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