pin cornishbeaver you could try x11/slim, it's a maintained fork of the original project. But I don't use (never did) display managers, so I know nothing about those.
nettester pin But I don't use (never did) display managers, so I know nothing about those. There isn't really much to know there anyways. A display manager is basically a fancy interface for su and startx. Like i said elsewhere, i use a login wrapper and a fake shell. It's pretty much the same functionality in about 10 lines of shell script.
nortonham If you want to use xdm edit a .xsession file. If you want to login through the console, edit your .xinitrc. HAL doesn't exist anymore in pkgsrc This blog post is a little newer than what you linked: https://bitsymasbitsya.blogspot.com/2021/12/netbsd-92-and-xfce-with-xdm-display.html Hope that helps
Jay cornishbeaver check this script it will give you some idea https://github.com/OS108/OS108/blob/master/xfce.sh
cornishbeaver Jay could I run this script? or should I change the "pkg_add" commands to "pkgin install"?
pin nettester Honestly, I don't know 'cause, I don't care. It's just another layer of unnecessary stuff. Don't get me wrong, I like eye-candy but, I'm not willing to pay the price.
nettester pin I like eye-candy but, I'm not willing to pay the price. If i want eye-candy i'll put ansi art in /etc/issue and/or /etc/motd, which in fact i do 😃
nia Install xfce4 with pkgin (not xfce4-desktop, that's only the background manager!) Run startxfce4 from the tty, or "echo startxfce4 > ~/.xsession" to run xfce from xdm.
kc9udx And since you've already installed xfce4-desktop, do 'pkgin unkeep xfce4-desktop' just for sanity.
