From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 9 17:34:19 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B55B1065675 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 17:34:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout030.mac.com (asmtpout030.mac.com [17.148.16.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 645C68FC1E for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 17:34:19 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp030.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-20.01 64bit (built Nov 21 2010)) with ESMTPSA id <0LPO00JTU8T6KO00@asmtp030.mac.com> for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:34:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.4.6813,1.0.211,0.0.0000 definitions=2011-08-09_08:2011-08-09, 2011-08-08, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1012030000 definitions=main-1108090176 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:34:18 -0700 Message-id: <0CEE0C95-D318-4702-B906-3643EFC4D856@mac.com> References: To: Sudhakar K X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use gui X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:34:19 -0000 Hi-- On Aug 9, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Sudhakar K wrote: > i'm new to freebsd 8.2, i downloaded full dvd iso. I installed once. > But on gui. Can you please tell me how to install this release and use > gui desktop. > Now its only a dos like environment. Please help me. I'm new to freebsd. Read the fine Handbook documentation on how to setup X11: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x11.html Regards, -- -Chuck