FreeBSD5.4 - GUI fails

[Mario Hoerich]

# arnuld:

[ xorg configuration ]
> configure it. it works and shows a yellowish desktop with
>         an X and X moves as i move my cursor.

twm, an ancient windowmanager used as fallback.  

 
>     vii.) I tried another thing ( to use GNOME directly)as explained in
> 'chapter 5" of FreeBSD handbook. i create ".xsession" file rather than
> ".xinitc" (as freeBSD uses xdm). I put a line "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session"
> into it.
> 
> then i enter into shell the following command
> 
> # % echo "#!/bin/sh" > ~/.xsession"

Which truncates .xsession and writes an (unnecessary) shebang inside.

AFAICT it should be enough to (re)replace '#!/bin/sh' with
above "gnome-session"-line.


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support questions is <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>.

HTH,
Mario