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NetBSD Multimedia Resources List

Links on this page refer to multimedia resources (podcast, vodcast, audio recordings, video recordings, photos) related to NetBSD or of interest for NetBSD users.


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Tag: X

  • Getting to know X
    Source: bsdtalk
    Added: 21 March 2007
    Tags: bsdtalk, X
    Ogg version (10 minutes), MP3 version (5 Mb, 10 minutes)

    Getting to know the X Window System.
    Make sure you are in a text only mode. You might need to change how the system boots, or boot into single user mode.

    • "startx" to make sure X is working right.
    • "X" by itself gives the basic grey screen.
    • "ctrl" and "alt" and "backspace" keys at the same time will zap X.
    • "X & xterm -display :0"
    • "xterm -geometry +300+300"
    • "twm" or "metacity"