Gentoo Almost configured...Slight problems...
Charles Lee
chuckx at cold-sun.com
Sun May 25 04:36:53 CDT 2003
I'll answer the questions that I know the answer to off hand.
James Colannino wrote:
> Well, with the mirrors problem sorted out (gentoo.oregonstate.edu has
> some serious issues to work out with corrupted packages,) I have a
> pretty complete system. I have a few minor/moderate issues that
> demand immediate attention though before I switch over to using that
> as my primary desktop OS:
>
> 1) su does not work. I try using su, and even with the root password
> correct, it says:
Add yourself to the wheel group. This is a security practice started by
the *BSDs.
> 3) I don't know how to specify a default window manager for X. I
> don't want X starting up automatically at boot up as I use the command
> line for the majority of my tasks. For now, I've been using:
> ...
> But, I would like to fix this the "proper" way by specifying a default
> Window Manager.
Edit the ~/.xinitrc file. This file is processed by the X
initialization scripts (xinit, startx, etc.).
The general format is like so:
application1 &
application2 &
application3 &
window-manager
If you couldn't tell already, it's just a plain old shell script. The
'&' after the first three lines tells the system to put those
applications in the background. The last command is entered without a
'&', putting it in the foreground.
Once this script is done processing the X session is terminated. With
the above example, the script will be done once the 'window-manager'
application is done (ie. using KDE's logout or the equivalent provided
by other window mangers).
--
chuckx
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