Need help on getting xfce to run on OpenBSD (sparc64)

[Greg]

ok, I finally figured it out - about 5 minutes after posting (naturally).

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xfce-bounces at xfce.org [mailto:xfce-bounces at xfce.org]On Behalf Of
> Greg
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 12:38 AM
> To: Xfce
> Subject: Need help on getting xfce to run on OpenBSD (sparc64)
>
>
> I have searched for answers on the xfce.org site, the OpenBSD website, and
> Google and found nothing, so I am asking here for any tips that
> someone can
> provide.  I am running OpenBSD 3.3 (sparc64 CD-ROM version) on a SunBlade
> 100 and I have installed xfce-3.8.16.tgz from the packages.  As
> root, when I
> am in the normal shell and type "startxfce" I see nothing.  When
> I am in the
> bash shell and type it in I see "/usr/local/bin/startxfce" for
> about a half
> second and then the screen blanks and nothing.
>
> I know that x runs because I can type in "startx" and get the usual window
> manager.  I know that installing from the package is supposed to do
> everything, but I have no extra files in my /root directory and it seems
> from the little bits of documentation that this is wrong, but the
> documentation seems to be for Linux and I am running OpenBSD.
>
> When I type in pkg_info I see the xfce package, a GTK package and some
> others that were not there before.
>
> So, does anyone have any tips on where I should start to look for further
> info on how to get xfce to run or better yet some instructions on how they
> got it to run ?
>
> TIA
>
> Greg
>
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