From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 27 01:01:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B273C16A4CE for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:01:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.199.47.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82F2F43D48 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:01:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7E12B5136F; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:00:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:00:20 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: andrei Message-ID: <20041227010020.GC57788@xor.obsecurity.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qjNfmADvan18RZcF" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: "freebsd-questions @ FreeBSD. org" Subject: Re: a quick question ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:01:16 -0000 --qjNfmADvan18RZcF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 07:43:29PM -0500, andrei wrote: > Hi, my name is Andrei and I have recently purchased FreeBSD from BSDMall = and=20 > I ran into few problems. I am a windows user but i have some experince in= =20 > Linux BUT, I got rid of my windows machine and installed FreeBDS. After t= he=20 > install for some reason i log into root and i use the startx command sinc= e i=20 > get no GUI interface and i get 3 pannels (light green bar and white=20 > background and a clock at the top (it looks like a 16 bit OS or something= ).=20 > Can you tell me what could be wrong ... any help will be apreciated. (i a= m=20 > gladly getting rid of windows and i am probably not give up easily that i= s=20 > why i would like some help) Nothing is wrong, that's the default X configuration. There's plenty of documentation about how to install your choice of window manager; start with the FreeBSD Handbook on the website. Kris --qjNfmADvan18RZcF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBz16jWry0BWjoQKURAlwFAJ9c/wVRE2f09zp8qGbFi8KDa71pNACfczc+ n1SnjZxXVAdU53pqs7TeCwE= =iRBc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qjNfmADvan18RZcF--