Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 20:56:02 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: "Jeffrey J. Ayres" <JeffAyres@worldnet.att.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: command to vwm? Message-ID: <199702210356.UAA00233@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <330D13F6.558B@worldnet.att.net> References: <330D13F6.558B@worldnet.att.net>
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Jeffrey J. Ayres writes:
> Thank you for the tip concerning recompiling. However I'm still
> having problems. For a fleeting moment I was able to get both the
> display manager and the windows manager to work. The mouse worked
> fine with the window manager, for instance changing the size of the
> window and moving it on the screen. However in order to log off I
> needed to cold boot the system(control-alt-delete did not allow me to
> reboot).
Unless you explicitly disabled it when configuring XFree86, you can
press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the Xserver. Also, typing Ctrl-Alt-F1
through Ctrl-Alt-F3 will get you the first three text consoles.
> The command I used to enable the display manager was to
> start the display manager during the boot edit /etc/ttys
>
> ttys "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm" xterm on secure
OK, first go back and undo this. In /etc/rc.local, add the following:
echo -n 'starting local daemons:'
# put your local stuff here
/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm && echo -n ' xdm'
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Add this line
This will startup XDM, upon rebooting you should see a graphical login
screen on your monitor. You should also be able to move the mouse and
see the cursor move; if not, your mouse is not yet configured correctly.
If you can see the login screen and move the mouse cursor, the next step
is to setup your account correctly. Try creating a .xsession file in
your home directory containing the following. BE SURE TO MAKE THE
.xsession FILE EXECUTABLE! (i.e. chmod 744 .xsession)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#!/bin/sh
#
# .xinitrc - X Windows initialization file, FreeBSD/twm version.
# Wes Peters; 05/25/95
#
# Run .profile to make sure we get the environment setup correctly.
#
. ~/.profile
TZ=MST7MDT; export TZ
#
# Start clients - just a terminal window to start with.
#
xterm &
#
# Start a window manager - twm to start with. This program becomes the
# 'session manager', exit from it to logout from X.
#
twm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now try logging into your account. If it doesn't work, email back and
I'll tell you how to debug it, or see the message I wrote about this
subject 20 minutes ago in freebsd-questions. ;^)
For more information on how to use the window manager you see, put the
mouse cursor in the xterm and type 'man twm'.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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