how to start X11R6

[Nikolas Britton]

Bryan E. Henning wrote:

>After I boot freebsd, and I login what do I do to start gnome or xfree86
>Exactly what are the commands to start an application. I can browse directories but so  far that is the extent of what I know how to do. Could anyone help?
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You said XFree86 so I'm assuming your not running 5.3.
I'm assuming you didn't read the freebsd handbook.
I'm assuming you haven't setup X.
I'm assuming you installed gnome.

First things first, Setting up X, as root run this xf86config. You will 
need to know the make/model of your video card and how much memory it 
has. also you will need to know the V-Sync and H-Sync of your monitor.

After thats done you should test X to see if it worked, type in startx 
and hit enter, if it doesn't work scroll up (use the scroll lock and 
up/down keys) and read the error messages, type them into google to 
figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. most likely if and when it 
loads it will just load the default twm window manager and a few xterms 
(if it loads gnome your good to go) if will have to edit your xinitrc 
file do this by typing in "ee /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc" at the 
very end of the file you will see something like twm&, xterm&, exec 
xterm, etc. you need to comment those out by putting a # symbol in front 
of them. now at the very end of that file type this in and save the file 
(hit Esc to save/exit): /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session

type in startx and if you see gnome your good to go.

If you need more help then this refer to Chapter 5 (The X Window System) 
and Chapter 2, Section 9 (Post-installation) of the FreeBSD Handbook:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-post.html