i am facing these issues after my FreeBSD 6.2 installation.

[Roger Olofsson]

Remko Lodder skrev:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 08:47:50PM +0100, Roger Olofsson wrote:
>> Hello Ajay,
>>
>> 2. May I suggest that you get the source code for vim and compile it? 
>> It's available at the wonderful Vi lovers homepage at -> 
>> http://thomer.com/vi/vi.html
>>
>> 3. You could, for instance, create a small file containing the startx 
>> command, make sure that file is executable by doing chmod ugo+x 
>> <filename> and place that file in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.
> 
> That is a very bad advise imo. rc.d scripts are started by root and unless
> the daemons started drop privileges, you will be running X as root, which
> is not something you want to persue. Additionally; there are far better
> alternatives then using these kind of solutions.
> 

Yes, you are correct. I am so used to being root that I forgot the 
security aspect. I hereby retract my answer to this question.

> That said; Thanks for the willingness to help someone out! It is really
> appriciated and shows the power of the FreeBSD Community!
> 

No offence taken, I am glad you pointed out my mistake.

> Cheers,
> Remko
> 
>> 5. The sources are available as a package. Just install them using csup 
>> or any other method you prefer.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>