[LUAU] Window manager missing under FreeBSD 5.3

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Fri Dec 3 11:57:39 PST 2004


Vince Hoang wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 12:02:52 -1000, webmaster at hawaiidakine.com
> <webmaster at hawaiidakine.com> wrote:
> 
>>I am trying out FreeBSD 5.3 on an box which seems to run fine except
>>that the X does not load the screen for ( xfce ) the window manager I
>>use on all my FreeBSD 4.x boxes.
>>
>>init files seem to be there, but I just get a black screen with a mouse
>>arrow and a left click brings up a small window with selections
>>including a way to quit.
> 
> 
> That means X11 is running with your default window manager.
> Have you tried xfce4_setup?
> 
> -Vince
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Hi Vince,


I run xfce3 (xfce_setup) Xfce 4 is full of many things I don't need.

I've had several repiles from people with the same issue and I will post 
when I know what the fix is.


Al Plant -Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com
Supporting Open Source in computing with FreeBSD 4.9
"Failure only happens when you stop trying." - Omar Periu





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