On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 06:25:07PM +, Paul Schmehl typed:
>
> Is there a "right" way to do things in Unix?
Yes there is. But the burden is on the developer/packager. The right way
to do things is to leave the choice to the end-user.
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freebsd
--On Friday, June 12, 2009 12:12:36 -0500 n...@pettefar.com wrote:
Nowhere up to that point in the Installation chapter and process (I
didn't need to have said) did it mention X.
What is the point of having a step-by-step installation manual which
then concludes with "If the X server has been
--On Friday, June 12, 2009 09:04:50 -0500 Glen Barber
wrote:
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Bill Moran wrote:
In response to n...@pettefar.com:
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
chos
n...@pettefar.com wrote:
> Nowhere up to that point in the Installation chapter and process (I
> didn't need to have said) did it mention X.
>
> What is the point of having a step-by-step installation manual which
> then concludes with "If the X server has been configured and a Default
> Desktop c
Nowhere up to that point in the Installation chapter and process (I
didn't need to have said) did it mention X.
What is the point of having a step-by-step installation manual which
then concludes with "If the X server has been configured and a Default
Desktop chosen, it can be started by t
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:02:38 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block
wrote:
> Unless you're starting X with one of the methods that ignores .xinitrc
> and looks at .xsession instead, like xdm.
Exactly this is why I "invented" the .xinitrc + .xsession
double strike. :-)
It works perfectly with xdm, and even
n...@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 ther
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Bill Moran wrote:
> In response to n...@pettefar.com:
>
>> 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 lin
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, Glen Barber wrote:
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:09 AM, 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 nowher
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:09 AM, 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
In response to n...@pettefar.com:
> 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 p
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:09:04 +0200, n...@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 ma
Hi, Nick
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:09 AM, 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 in
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 optio
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