Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 18:01:39 -0700 From: Tom Vilot <tom@vilot.com> To: andrei <admin@zeyas.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a quick question ... Message-ID: <41CF5EF3.30101@vilot.com> In-Reply-To: <WorldClient-F200412261943.AA43290000@zeyas.com> References: <WorldClient-F200412261943.AA43290000@zeyas.com>
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Andrei, it sounds to me like you have fvwm installed as your window manager / desktop. Install KDE or GNOME or WindowMaker or something useful, and you will have a bit more luck. As root (before you bother with startx), try this: pkg_add -r windowmaker Then, edit your .xinitrc file (in your /root directory) to contain the following line: wmaker Then, try startx. I suggest WindowMaker because it is fairly lightweight, will not take a long time to install, and will give you the base functionality of a GUI without requiring you to do a lot of work. Also, it is my window manager of choice :c) >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. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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