On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 21:45:12 +0800, "joeb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I logon from F2 as root and then startx.
As root? No good idea. You should run from a !root user account. > I believe F9 only works if you use the xorg logon session control. No, it works when you startx from after a "normal" login, too. I do know that, it's my setting at the moment. :-) So if you would create a normal user account and add these files: 1. ~/.xsession #!/bin/csh source ~/.cshrc exec ~/.xinitrc 2. ~/.xinitc #!/bin/sh exec xfwm Give them +x permissions. The first file allows you to inherit your settings from the C shell (~/.cshrc) into your X session when started from XDM or another display manager. After login, you can use the % startx command to run your XFCE session. But in fact, running as root can't be the reason why console switching doesn't seem to work correctly, I believe... -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"