cde

I've started this thread as a new one since I've noticed this while trying to fix my other problem, but it doesn't seem to be related. When I read the error log for CDE there are error messages about missing fonts (and I cannot change the font size), I've tried some things that I've found but...

Hi All, I'm new here so a short introduction, I've recently started used FreeBSD. I use(d) Debian as my main desktop for several years, but I'm far from an expert. I just know howto exit vi(m) ;) Anyway, I'm trying to install CDE by following this thread. I've reached the Adding programs to...

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Hi, I have good old CDE running on FreeBSD 14.0. Everything seems to be working as expected locally. I am trying to use XRDP to access the machine remotely from Windows. I got XRDP installed and working, but only with TWM or JWM as I don't know how to edit /usr/local/etc/xrdp/startwm.sh to...

Hey all, Apologies if this is the wrong place to put this query, I wasn't quite sure where to place it. I have an X-terminal (HP Envizex) with 6MB of RAM installed on a network running FreeBSD as a central server. The BSD machine allows connections over XDMCP and I do connect to it...

Does anyone use CDE as their daily driver here? If so, why?

I'm almost done porting NsCDE (https://github.com/NsCDE/NsCDE). I'm unsure what category to put it under, however? It's a "modern" re-implementation of CDE, which is under x11. However, NsCDE really just is a bunch of scripts based on fvwm2. I originally thought about placing it under x11-wm...

I installed CDE 2.3.1 on 64-bit FreeBSD 12.1 on my laptop. The installation worked well. After I start CDE and type my name and password correctly, the screen becomes black and it returns to the login screen and same thing happens again. What should I do?

I am running FreeBSD in a VirtualBox VM and thanks to the support from the members of this forum have a basic X-Windows set up running. I would like to implement the CDE. From various messages in the forum I'd assumed I would have to build CDE from scratch - see...