Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:33:35 +0800 From: "Sherry Zhang" <yuleopen@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About "how the GUI should look like after installation!" Message-ID: <68bfdc900611011733gd39d2c4h503602b4a047dbac@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20061102011805.88918.qmail@web60523.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20061102011805.88918.qmail@web60523.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 11/2/06, Evans Durandisse <evans000_1999@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I am brand new to unix. I m a beginner student in computer engineering. I > wanted to install > freeBSD since there's such a fuss about it. I got the iso images and > mounted them on a CD with Alcohol 120. I installed freebsd without much > configuration. I answered 'no' when asked to configure things what could be > configured later. But I do not know if I installed it right, eventhough I > tried to follow the instructions from the handbook. When I open my computer, > after installation, there's the screen that asked if I want to start freebsd > or dos. So I choose freebsd. Then, I logged in and typed 'startx' to start > the gui (that's what I should do! right!). Consequently, it'd been loaded. I > am just seeing four comand shells. That's all I can see! No taskbars! No > background picture (greying grinded dots: like pixels in a low definition > image). There're just four squared box (shell). My mouse worked! But there's > nothing it can be used for. I tried to work myself over that by typing some > commands. But I don't know that much of the Unix language; so it's been to > no avail! So my question is should I get this kind of graphic environment? > or something missing in the installation. > > I have an intel D845GLVA motherboard with a Pent IV, integrated video > card, Samsung SyncMaster 753DF (maybe it's the hardware). But I didn't get > any error message for that. > Thank you for considering helping! Have a good day! > Evans > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Evans it seems that every thing works fine! if you want a desktop enviroment, simply link to the internet, and type pkg_add -r gnome2 or something else. then without much configuration, you can use the gnome desktop environment. please follow the handbook (see /usr/share/doc) and you will be able to explore more. Sherry Zhang
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