FreeBSD 7.2 Installation Manual

[Warren Block]

On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, Glen Barber wrote:
> 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 you're starting X with one of the methods that ignores .xinitrc 
and looks at .xsession instead, like xdm.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA