On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 08:39:38AM +0100, Pieter Donche wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Polytropon wrote: > > >On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:21:48 +0100 (CET), Pieter Donche > ><pieter.don...@ua.ac.be> wrote: > >>What precise command do I have to write in what startup file, > >>so that this does the same thing on FreeBSD/KDE3.5 ? > > > >I have the following line in my ~/.xinitrc: > > > > xbiff -geometry 50x50+0+998 & > >This is for the lower left corner of a 1400x1050 21" CRT. > >If you think you need further options, consult "man xbiff". :-) > > >From a terminal window command line xbiff -geometry 50x50-5+5 & puts > it in my upper right corner, but if I put that in my .xinitrc > (and chmod 755 ~/.xinitrc) nothing happens. Are you using kdm window > manager or xdm ? (I have in my /etc/ttys: > ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodeamon" xterm on secure) > > Would .xinitrc not be processed by kdm window manager? >
Probably not. ~/.xinitrc is only run when you use startx and ~/.xsession is used when you run the display manager xdm(1). I believe kdm also uses xsession. This is all IIRC. I haven't used a display manager for sometime and I've never used kdm. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
