Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:11:25 -0800 (PST) From: KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> To: Siraj Shaikh <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> Cc: "doug@safeport.com" <doug@safeport.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting X - was Re: Vista / FreeBSD dual boot Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0801301204200.25042@libra.sfsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3b2ddd940801301159i4173d36ag74b1d0f0955742d5@mail.gmail.com> References: <3b2ddd940801281410o77b87c2ajbfbee2f5f276b934@mail.gmail.com> <20080129152311.T2946@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <479F3A8E.9000901@student.utwente.nl> <3b2ddd940801290856r5be3825bq36132618ceb82921@mail.gmail.com> <20080129150419.I92107@fledge.watson.org> <3b2ddd940801291217j668bccfbsde8c3259c79cd06b@mail.gmail.com> <3b2ddd940801291354q2926d2b0q753f5f449d3b92eb@mail.gmail.com> <20080129183439.X92107@fledge.watson.org> <3b2ddd940801300108o21f51f23sf82185f4f2f8ea5@mail.gmail.com> <20080130120639.S45734@pemaquid.safeport.com> <3b2ddd940801301159i4173d36ag74b1d0f0955742d5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > On 30/01/2008, doug@safeport.com <doug@safeport.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Siraj Shaikh wrote: >>> On 29/01/2008, doug <doug@fledge.watson.org> wrote: >>>> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Siraj Shaikh wrote: >>>>> On 29/01/2008, Siraj Shaikh <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> On 29/01/2008, doug <doug@fledge.watson.org> wrote: >>>>>>> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Siraj Shaikh wrote: >>>>>>> > > Just to repeat. I installed FreeBSD 6.3, its a new Toshiba notebook. I > chose to install X Windows during sysinstall. The very first time I > ran startx it didnt work. Then I did the "Xorg -configure" and tried > again, and still doesnt work. Please help !!!! startx is lame. most ppl apparently use either KDE or gnome. i used to use xfce4 that was started with the command "starxfce4" but i ended up being pursuaded out of it because i couldn't do flash and multimedia plugins. have you tried running the following command at the root prompt: #pkg_add -r gnome2 i think that is what i used. here is a webpage for gnome: http://www.gnome.org/start/2.20/notes/en/ have you familiarized yourself with the freeBSD pkg_add pkg_delete and ports systems /usr/ports ? the -r directive means that it goes out to the web to find things to install and at the same time installs it. really easy. for the ports system http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html you merely figure out what port you want.. do a command something like (as root) #cd /usr/ports/path/to/a/kewl/app and then #make install clean the ports system figures out all the dependencies.. also there is a kewl thing called "portsnap" that updates the ports directories http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portsnap&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.2-RELEASE&format=html > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > 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" > *----------------------------------------------------------* Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular http://kayve.net Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org *----------------------------------------------------------*
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