FreeBSD 7.2 Installation Manual

[Glen Barber]

Hi, Nick

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:09 AM, <Nick at pettefar.com> wrote:
> In www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-post.html
> It says: "If the X server has been configured and a Default Desktop chosen,
> it can be started by typing startx at the command line." but nowhere in the
> manual or the installation program is there any information or options on X
> server configuration or choosing a Default Desktop!  Help!
>

You can set a default desktop by creating $HOME/.xinitrc containing:
/usr/local/bin/your_desktop_environment


Unless someone beats me to it, I'll take a look at this over the
weekend and submit a patch for the handbook.

-- 
Glen Barber