Installing Xfce4 in FreeBSD with auto login

Installing X11

Xorg is the default X11 implementation for FreeBSD and can be installed using the following command as the root user

1	# pkg_add -r xorg

After installing add the lines to /etc/rc.conf as follows

1	moused_enable=”YES”

2	dbus_enable=”YES”

3	hald_enable=”YES”

Check the installation using the following command as an unprivileged user

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$ xinit

If the setup is working, there should be a minimal X session running. Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to move to the first terminal in which the command was executed. Press CTRL+C to stop it.
To create a xorg.conf.new file run the following command as the root user. Reboot the server after installing Xorg if the following command doesn’t work.

1	# Xorg -configure

A file named xorg.conf.new will be created in /root. To check the file created run the following command as root

1	# Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new -retro

If the configuration is working properly, a background with mouse cursor is seen. Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to move to the first terminal in which the command was executed. Press CTRL+C to stop it.
Copy the file to  /etc/X11/ as xorg.conf as the root user using the following command

1	# cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Installing URW fonts
URW fonts can be installed by using the command

1	# pkg_add -r  urwfonts

Add the following line to the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf under ‘Section “Files”‘

1	FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/URW/"

Installing TTF fonts

TTF fonts can be installed by using the following command

1	# pkg_add -r ttmkfdir

Check whether the following line is present under ‘Section “Files”‘ in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Add the following line to the ‘Section “Modules”‘

1	Load  "freetype"

Enter the following commands now

1	# cd /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/

2	# ttmkfdir -o fonts.dir

Installing Xfce4

For installing Xfce4 run the following command as root

1	# pkg_add -r xfce4

The Xfce4 installation can be checked using the following command as an unprivileged user

1	$ /usr/local/bin/startxfce4

Install XDM using the following command

1	# pkg_add -r xdm

Run the following command as the unprivileged user to make xfce the default for the particular user

1	$ echo "/usr/local/bin/gnome-session" >> ~/.xsession

2	$ echo "/usr/local/bin/gnome-session" >> ~/.xinitrc

Add the following line to /etc/rc.conf

1	xdm_enable="YES"

Edit the file /etc/ttys and edit the line as follows

1	ttyv8   "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   on  secure

Now reboot the machine to boot into XDM and try logging in. It will login to Xfce.

In this case after login you can take the "startx" command in console and Xfce will start.

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If you wish to login xfce after boot with a specific user you can use the folowing procedure:

There are 3 files you need to edit:
1. /etc/gettytab
2. /etc/ttys
3. Your shells' rc file, e.g: ~/.bashrc

Edit /etc/gettytab and search for autologin. Add these after the last entries:

Code:

logmein:\
        :al=your_username:sp#115200:

Replace 'your_username' with your user login.

Next edit /etc/ttys. I set mine to autologin on ttyv5. So my entry looks like this:

Code:

#ttyv5  "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on  secure
ttyv5   "/usr/libexec/getty logmein"    cons25  on  secure

Lastly, I'm using bash shell so this is what I have in my ~/.bashrc:

Code:

if [ `/usr/bin/tty` = '/dev/ttyv5' ]; then
    /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/local/bin/startx -- -nolisten tcp
fi

Hope this helps.


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