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Date:      Sun, 25 Mar 2001 09:42:31 -0500 (EST)
From:      Dru <genisis@istar.ca>
To:        Luke Kearney <lukek@tkh.att.ne.jp>
Cc:        Free BSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Default Desktops
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103250939430.68118-100000@istar.ca>
In-Reply-To: <INENKBKNHIHCLECCNBLKEEJGDDAA.lukek@tkh.att.ne.jp>

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Hi Luke,

Simply copy root's .xinitrc file to your user's home directory like so:

cp /root/.xinitrc ~username/

You'll have to be root to do the copy operation. If you want every user
you create to get this file, also copy it to 

/usr/share/skel

Cheers,

Dru


On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Luke Kearney wrote:

> Hi There,
> I am having a little trouble changing my default desktop. When I run X as
> root ( I know I should not do this ) I get Gnome as the manager - perfect .
> When I run X as myself I end up with Xterm which is not exactly what I
> wanted. Does anybody know how to change the default desktop for a user ? Any
> hints/advice much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Luke K
> 
> 
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