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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
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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