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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!gatech!news-relay.ncren.net!nntp-xfer.ncsu.edu!news From: camattin@unity.ncsu.edu (Chris A. Mattingly) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problems with X Date: 11 Apr 1997 18:49:26 GMT Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 24 Message-ID: <5im13m$a6f@uni00nw.unity.ncsu.edu> References: <334e4034.302300@news.cc.umanitoba.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: heli-fishing.eos.ncsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38955 aunrau@rrcc.mb.ca wrote: : Hello all. : : I have been trying to get X working under FreeBSD 2.1.6 for a few days : now. I believe I have it configured properly - I can start it up, and : I get a background pattern and a pointer I can move around, but : nothing else. How can I actually run an X application once this is up? : How can I start a command prompt window? Where do I go from here? : : Thanks for your help. Try using the 'startx' script. And have a look at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/startx/xinitrc (I think that's the right path) to see how to customize your own ~/.xinitrc to start up your own suite of xterms and window manager. -Chris -- Chris Mattingly | My views are not necessarily those of my employers camattin@ncsu.edu | NC State University/ITECS | "Good programmers write good code; great Systems Programmer | programmers 'borrow' good code." -- Mike Gancarz