Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:41:02 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Dima Sorkin <dima.sorkin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: choosing window manager Message-ID: <20070312234101.GA65947@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <e40293600703121128n3263322ah8945d4e8409e90c5@mail.gmail.com> References: <e40293600703121128n3263322ah8945d4e8409e90c5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 08:28:19PM +0200, Dima Sorkin wrote: > Hi. > 1) How do I start KDE / FVWM2/ GNOME / TWM / Windowmaker ? > ( I've choosed them during installation ) > > 2) Is there some nice "welcome" program, > that allows to choose a session kind ? > > Dima. > > On FreeBSD 6.2 i386, > >startx -- starts TWM > > root> gdm -- starts gnome desktop manager, > which allows to start only GNOME > (I was used that it allows to launch any WM, > but in this case - only GNOME). A few years ago I created a ctwm.desktop (somewhere, I forget where), and was able to use GNOME || CTWM with gdm. I cobbled together a kde.desktop and then was able to run KDE using gdm as well. So gdm can be flexible. gary > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix
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