Desktop, light setup
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Example of both ''.xinitrc'' and ''.xsession'' files: | Example of both ''.xinitrc'' and ''.xsession'' files: | ||
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To enable the mouse and keyboard add '''hald_enable="YES"''' and '''dbus_enable="YES"''' to ''/etc/rc.conf''. Enabling these options sooner may make it harder to fix problems. Older versions of FreeBSD required the line '''Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False"''' to be manually set in the Xorg configuration file. | To enable the mouse and keyboard add '''hald_enable="YES"''' and '''dbus_enable="YES"''' to ''/etc/rc.conf''. Enabling these options sooner may make it harder to fix problems. Older versions of FreeBSD required the line '''Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False"''' to be manually set in the Xorg configuration file. | ||
Revision as of 01:11, 17 December 2014
After installing the base system, here are instructions on how to get a desktop up and running quickly. The example provided shows how to get xdm login manager with JWM, but these examples should provide useful information for using other session managers or desktops.
Install
The input "pkg install xdm jwm xorg" is sufficient to install the programs for a running Desktop system.
Session manager set up
Basic session managers are XDM, WDM, and slim. KDM and GDM are other options for a not minimal system.
To configure xdm to start up on boot edit /etc/ttys and change the option on line ttyv8 from off to on. The secure setting is also of interest here.
The slim configuration files are at /user/local/etc/. To enable slim add slim_enable="YES' to /etc/slim.conf. Older versions of slim could have their window manager configured in the file slim.conf under desktop session. Newer versions of slim require a *.desktop file in a directory that is specified in the location by slim.conf typically this would be /usr/local/share/xsessions
The usr/local/share/xsessions/*.desktop file commands must be in xdg-style, shown here http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-1.0.html#basic-format.
Example of jwm.desktop file:
# Name=JWM # Exec=jwm
Desktop set up
For session managers be sure to create the files .xinitrc and .xsession in the home folder. One of these files is needed to start a window manager from startx, and the other is needed to start a window manager from a session manager, otherwise the session manager will reload. .xinitrc and .xsession files are identical. Another version of these two files exists in /usr/local/etc/, but use the file in the home folder for custom changes. Be sure to add exec [window manager]. Do not add an & after this, only add a space and ampersand after programs that are meant to run and detach.
Example of both .xinitrc and .xsession files:
# exec jwm
To enable the mouse and keyboard add hald_enable="YES" and dbus_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf. Enabling these options sooner may make it harder to fix problems. Older versions of FreeBSD required the line Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False" to be manually set in the Xorg configuration file.
