Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:39:18 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, "mail.list freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to configure xbiff Message-ID: <20090326153918.GA84393@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0903260829160.21502@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> References: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0903251616490.12607@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> <20090325222900.d4c325ee.freebsd@edvax.de> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0903260829160.21502@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be>
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On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 08:39:38AM +0100, Pieter Donche wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Polytropon wrote: > > >On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:21:48 +0100 (CET), Pieter Donche > ><Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> wrote: > >>What precise command do I have to write in what startup file, > >>so that this does the same thing on FreeBSD/KDE3.5 ? > > > >I have the following line in my ~/.xinitrc: > > > > xbiff -geometry 50x50+0+998 & > >This is for the lower left corner of a 1400x1050 21" CRT. > >If you think you need further options, consult "man xbiff". :-) > > >From a terminal window command line xbiff -geometry 50x50-5+5 & puts > it in my upper right corner, but if I put that in my .xinitrc > (and chmod 755 ~/.xinitrc) nothing happens. Are you using kdm window > manager or xdm ? (I have in my /etc/ttys: > ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodeamon" xterm on secure) > > Would .xinitrc not be processed by kdm window manager? > Probably not. ~/.xinitrc is only run when you use startx and ~/.xsession is used when you run the display manager xdm(1). I believe kdm also uses xsession. This is all IIRC. I haven't used a display manager for sometime and I've never used kdm. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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