Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:54:05 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: andrei <admin@zeyas.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a quick question Message-ID: <41D1030D.1010108@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <WorldClient-F200412280052.AA52360001@zeyas.com> References: <WorldClient-F200412280052.AA52360001@zeyas.com>
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andrei wrote: >Thank you for your quick replay but i am still not sure about a couple of >things: >I have tried what Mr. Lane suggested ... it took lets say about 8-9 hours >(it connects to an ftp and starts downloading packages and installing them >from all that writing on the screen and i have cable 500kbps down high speed >cable or something) and yet when i restart i shoose option 1 (default boot >freebsd) and log in as user or root and startx and i get 2 xterm pannels a >login and a clock.i think i am missing something ... could you guys please >help. oh and i saw an error more or less when i esit the so called startx it >says radeon failed ..... i would assume i am still using xorg or something >... thaks again for your help and hone i really don't have to go back to >windows cause i don't want to ... :o) > > yes, read what I posted here be4: "Yes you need to install a desktop environment (Gnome, KDE, Xfce, etc) and then setup X, It looks like you already have X setup as you can get to the default twm window manager. What you need to do now install a desktop Environment and then tell X to use it instead of twm. Everything you need to know is documented in chapter 5 section 7 of the FreeBSD Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html " > >On Sunday 26 December 2004 18:43, andrei 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. >>_______________________________________________ >>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" >> >> >andrei! > >welcome! > >There is nothing wrong, I think. It sounds as if you have properly >installed >X. But X isn't the friendliest desktop around, as you've seen. > >You should be able to get a full-featured desktop by issuing the following >commands: > >cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3 >make all install clean >login andrei (or some NON-ROOT user) >startx > >KDE is only one of several "window managers" that are available, but it is >probably the most widely used. > >It is recommended that you use a NON-ROOT user unless you specifically need >root access. > >There is a way to configure your system to log in directly to the GUI, but I > >use the following in ~/.cshrc: > >if ($?DISPLAY) then > set history = 100 > set savehist = 100 >else > startx >endif > >This will cause FreeBSD to issue the "startx" command on a per-user basis. > >If you get that X desktop and don't know how to get out of it, press ><CTRL><ALT><BACKSPACE>. This will shut down X and put you back at the >command line. > >Thanks for purchasing FreeBSD! > >lane >_______________________________________________ >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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