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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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"andrei" <admin@zeyas.com> wrote:

> Hi, my name is Andrei and I have recently purchased FreeBSD from BSDMall and 
> I ran into few problems. I am a windows user but i have some experince in 
> Linux BUT, I got rid of my windows machine and installed FreeBDS. After the 
> install for some reason i log into root and i use the startx command since i 
> get no GUI interface and i get 3 pannels (light green bar and white 
> background and a clock at the top (it looks like a 16 bit OS or something). 
> Can you tell me what could be wrong ... any help will be apreciated. (i am 
> gladly getting rid of windows and i am probably not give up easily that is 
> why i would like some help) ... Thank you for the time taken to read my 
> email and helping me. My system is 3.06Ghz intel, all in wonder ati 9700 
> pro, 200Gb WD, 1Gb ram, cd-rw 52x24x52, dvd-rw 4x2x32, sound blaster audigy 
> 2. 

Nothing is wrong.  You simply haven't configured your GUI yet.  I suggest
you read the following section of the handbook to get up to speed on
your choices and how to set them up.  If you hit any problems, don't
hesitate to ask on the list again.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html

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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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