30 ARCH_SUFX= x86${ARCH:S/i386//:S/amd/_/}
31 USES= kmod uidfix
32 USE_XORG= x11 xorg-server xext
33 USE_GL= gl
..
3) Test your build and configuration with the local command "startx".
....
'startx' is not necessarily the right command,
for example for xfce the command is called ' startxfce4 '
exec startxfce4
startx
. Using startx
is common and you can decide which WM or DE to start through ~/.xinitrc. If ~/.xinitrc doesn't exist, a startx
simply falls back to a system-wide xinitrc, which starts TWM by default.The Handbook, always.I'm a step behind. Is there a thread where I can pick up from how to install a DE? I've got 12.0 running in VM under Linux Arch but I'm not sure what the next step is. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Hi,
I would like to know what is the recommended way to properly set up the desktop. Should someone first install the video card driver (for instance, NVIDIA) and then install X.Org or first install X.Org and then install the video card driver? Or it doesn't matter? Thanks.
I'm a step behind. Is there a thread where I can pick up from how to install a DE?.
Believe it or not, yes, I was, but also on BeOS and Apple. And yes, I remember starting it by command prompt. But yes, I've gotten very lazy. Today, I'd settle for FreeBSD with Lumina. I now need to tweak the heck out of it and that's where I get lost these days.I was about to say, sounds like the sorta thing coming from being used to Linux. You weren't around back in the day when X on Linux was started with the traditional 'startx', were you?
RTFM is implied.
1) KDE (puke, might swap places with #2)
2) GNOME (mega puke)
3) MATE (tolerable puke)
4) Fluxbox (if you have a penchant for Soviet-era austere minimalism)
5) i3 / dwm / wmii (see #4)
6) WindowMaker (see #5)
7) OpenBox (good enough for most, and you wanna pretend to be all sorts of L33t computer nerd)
Stripped down guide & easy enough to follow: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/desktop/openbox
Believe it or not, yes, I was, but also on BeOS and Apple. And yes, I remember starting it by command prompt. But yes, I've gotten very lazy. Today, I'd settle for FreeBSD with Lumina. I now need to tweak the heck out of it and that's where I get lost these days.
I'm a step behind. Is there a thread where I can pick up from how to install a DE?
RTFM is implied.
4) Fluxbox (if you have a penchant for Soviet-era austere minimalism)
5) i3 / dwm / wmii (see #4)
6) WindowMaker (see #5)
7) OpenBox (good enough for most, and you wanna pretend to be all sorts of L33t computer nerd)
x11-wm/fluxbox, x11-wm/i3, x11-wm/windowmaker, x11-wm/openbox are all Window Managers.
RTFM is implied.