From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 16 13: 4:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from inconnu.isu.edu (inconnu.isu.edu [134.50.8.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC1DF37B5ED for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2000 13:04:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from galt@inconnu.isu.edu) Received: from localhost (galt@localhost) by inconnu.isu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA15482; Sun, 16 Jul 2000 14:04:31 -0600 Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 14:04:31 -0600 (MDT) From: John Galt To: "new.xs4all.nl" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: startup Kde?? In-Reply-To: <8ks16u$env$1@news1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG startx On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, new.xs4all.nl wrote: > Now, After all those nice words about Free BSD I tried it. > I downloaded teh ISO image and started installing. > After a while I decided to use FTP, because the ISO image does not have all > the correct contents (that will cost another full day phone bill... :-)) > > But now, when i cab start up Free bsd i want to get into a graphical shell. > I mount the cdrom, then try to start kde by typing kde. > It starts looking for all sorts of things and gives messages that a > connection to the Xserver could not be made. > > First of all: what commands do i have to give in a standard situation (i am > logged in as root) to start kde or gnome sessions? > Secondly: where can i find the appropriate manual on the internet to find > these commands? > > Third: should i download /configure a specific part of my installation to > be able to start kde or gnome? > > If anyone can help me? Thanx!! > > regards, Wim > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- I can be immature if I want to, because I'm mature enough to make my own decisions. Who is John Galt? galt@inconnu.isu.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message