Second attempt at FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386, Xorg, and Xfce graphical desktop

[Thomas Mueller]

> The only DM I've ever used on FBSD is x11/slim and that seemed to work okay.

> Unfortunately, I can't answer for other DMs, I just use the
> old .xinitrc/startx approach on pretty much everything nowadays.

> If you use a lot of environments, you could write a little dialog/text
> selection script in your .xinitrc, but I imagine that isn't what you are
> looking for.

> Cheers,

> Sergei Akhmatdinov

I don't use xdm.

I put configuration files in /usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/ and then
startx /usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.icewm

For other window managers, I usr xinitrc.jwm, xinitrc.twm, etc in place of xinitrc.icewm .

I remember Xfce includes startxfce4.

Building and installing Xorg from FreeBSD ports does not include xdm; however building Xorg from NetBSD pkgsrc (which I have done only on NetBSD) includes xdm with the meta-package.


Tom