Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 02:40:53 +0100 From: Joerg Pernfuss <elessar@bsdforen.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Evans Durandisse <evans000_1999@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: About "how the GUI should look like after installation!" Message-ID: <20061102024053.0fc68d78@loki.starkstrom.lan> In-Reply-To: <20061102011805.88918.qmail@web60523.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20061102011805.88918.qmail@web60523.mail.yahoo.com>
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--Sig_NYMBgSS2RDHGJFNikNlg.2a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:18:05 -0800 (PST) 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. You need to install a window manager. --=20 | /"\ ASCII ribbon | GnuPG Key ID | e86d b753 3deb e749 6c3a | | \ / campaign against | 0xbbcaad24 | 5706 1f7d 6cfd bbca ad24 | | X HTML in email | .the next sentence is true. | | / \ and news | .the previous sentence was a lie. | --Sig_NYMBgSS2RDHGJFNikNlg.2a Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFSUylH31s/bvKrSQRAjOMAJ9+k0DO8T4hjOFQ2YT4ufiASx0qpgCfQNTa CwBN6FvKNcTUmjJmK4iMiTI= =zJs1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_NYMBgSS2RDHGJFNikNlg.2a--
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