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Old 13th July 2012
daemonfowl daemonfowl is offline
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Hi barti !!
I always install OpenBSD & choose yes for X but not xdm .. then when you reboot :
all you get is a prompt & black screen .. when you log in you decide then :
If you need to start X you have options :
1- just do : startx
this will start fvwm , my beloved one.It's a script.
2- if you want another window manager , eg : kde
sudo pkg_add kdebase
then you do :
xinit /usr/local/bin/startkde
& if you want to make it default window manager just put that in .xinitrc in your home directory & then whenever you do startx it starts kde.Sames applies to other windows managers offered.
I'm a newbie like you and many things escape my mind or seem hard for my neurones to grok & yet I find OpenBSD my unique Dream OS & many times I do foolish things hehe .. Time will heal .. Daemonforums too .. :-)
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