Before installing Xfce 4.6.2 read the article of below link:
FreeBSD - Install and Configure version 8.1-RELEASE
About Xfce
Xfce 4.6.2 respect the traditional UNIX philosophy of modularity and re-usability. It consists of a number of components that together provide the full functionality of the desktop environment. They are packaged separately and you can pick and choose from the available packages to create the best personal working environment.
What is real and very pleasant to use with FreeBSD. Ideal for a configuration Server, a slight Graphic Interface with a very good management of the display of the font rendering graphics (anti-aliasing).
All the feature of a modern desktop is present, very pleasant and especially little greedy in machine resources.
Xfce 4.6.2 knows how to return the quintessential of FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE
Install Xfce 4.6.2 – Seize the following commands ending by the seizure with Entry key.
portupgrade -N cups-pdf-2.5.0_3
portupgrade -N firefox-3.6.8,1
portupgrade -N firefox-i18n-3.6.8
portupgrade -N xarchiver-0.5.2_4
portupgrade -N xfce-4.6.2
portupgrade -N xfburn-0.4.1_8
portupgrade -N thunderbird-3.0.6
portupgrade -N thunderbird3-i18n-3.0.6
Restart the Server with shutdown -r now
Configuration:
Connect to the Server in super-user mode « root ».
In console mode to seize the following order:
Xorg -configure then Enter
This generates a file named xorg.conf.new in the /root directory and then execute the following order:
mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Launch a graphic interface XOrg by typing:
startx then Enter
After installing the Xorg-7.5 will be able to configure the French Keyboard for the example or in another language.
With Xorg-7.4 the configuration of the keyboard has changed, we do not proceed any more as before with the previous versions.
This is not dependent on the version of FreeBSD but on the version of Xorg.
With Unix it is better to choose the Character set encoding UTF-8.
After it is enough to launch xfe and to create this file which concerns the keyboard with the following syntax:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keyboard">
<merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">fr</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
Register the file with the following name x11-input.fdi under the directory /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/policy/ which gives:
/usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/policy/x11-input.fdi
With Firefox to right click on the link x11-input.fdi Save Link As... by renaming it with .fdi
Remark: For the Localization in French for the example or in another language of the following software:
Bluefish
epdfview
ristretto
sqliteman
Tea
Xfe
Xarchiver
xfburn
Xfce
xfce4-media
Xorg-7.5
Add for the use with Shell csh at file /etc/csh.login the following syntax:
setenv LANG fr_FR.UTF-8
setenv MM_CHARSET UTF-8
setenv LC_ALL fr_FR.UTF-8
For Burn CD and DVD with xfburn to add the following lines to the file:
/boot/loader.conf
# Filesystem and related modules
cd9660_load="YES" # ISO 9660 filesystem
# Driver ATAPI devices
atapicam_load="YES" # The use of applications like cdrdao or cdrecord
Restart the Server with shutdown -r now
If the sound card is correctly parametrized xfce4-media reads files .aif .mp3 ... etc.
portupgrade -N xfce4-media * Installation option not required
Epilogue
For the launch of Xfce 4.6.2 connect to the Server in super-user mode « root » in console mode, type startxfce4 then Entry, Xfce is in French as well as the keyboard or that of the chosen language.
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