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> > > I searched your site, but my burning question is, How
> > > do I start the Graphical Interfaces, KDE and Gnome? I
> > > did a Custom Installation following the directions of
> > > the website. I installed all the packages and Ports. I
> > > want to learn everything.
> >=20
> > I don't know about gnome but for KDE, add the line
> > exec startkde=20
> > in to a local file called ".xinitrc". There are ways to=20
> make it startup=20
> > at login but I choose to type startx at the command line.
>=20
> If you use gdm (which comes with Gnome) as a login manager,=20
> you will be automatically logged into Gnome.
>=20
> To launch gdm at boot time, the following is necessary
>=20
> cp /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sample /usr/local/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh=20
> chmod a+x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh

Curious, what if I want either option.  In other words, when I boot up =
the
machine it shows the gdm login, but if I want a console login can I just =
hit
Alt-F2?

I would just try it out myself, but currently my only running FreeBSD
machine is a fileserver.

>=20
> You can also launch gdm manually on the console.
>=20
> Regards,
>  Simon
>=20