notice i typed ~/.xinitrc not /.xinitrc see the "~"
the ~/ means your home diretcory ie /root if your logged in as root and you typed cd ~/ it would cd you into /root if you were logged in as siraj and you typed cd ~/ it would cd you into /home/siraj ... follow...? so vi ~/.xinitrc On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:19 AM, Siraj Shaikh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 05/03/2008, Outback Dingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > vi `/.xinitrc > > > > paste > > > > exec gnome-session > > > > then :wq > > > > save the file, and startx > > > is that /.xinitrc ? or in my home directory, /root/.xinitrc ? > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:07 AM, Siraj Shaikh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 05/03/2008, Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:41:47PM +0000, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > > > > I installed Gnome2-lite as a package. I then inserted the > following > > line > > > > > > > > > > gnome_enable="YES" > > > > > > > > > > in rc.conf > > > > > > > > > > and also inserted the line > > > > > > > > > > exec gnome-session > > > > > > > > > > in the xinitrc file. | type startx after this, but gnome desktop > > > > > doesnt load up. Instead the usual x windows screen loads up. > > > > > > > > The "gnome-session" line needs to be in ${HOME}/.xinitrc, which also > > > > needs to have permissions 700 at least. > > > > > > > > Cheers. > > > > -- > > > > Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > capacity > > > > -- the rest is overhead for the operating > system. > > > > > > > SO if I log in as root, which I do, then this means that file will be > > > in /root/ directory? But I cant find any .xinitrc file in root > > > directory? WHat do I do? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"