Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 16:19:37 -0600 (CST) From: John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com> To: Shane Brothen <pierced@geocities.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP! A.S.A.P! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971221161429.2095A-100000@barnowl> In-Reply-To: <000701bd0e4e$1123aab0$0109c9c7@brothen>
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That is she shell prompt. You are in your home directory and the operating system is waiting for you to tell it what to do next! Like start X, X windows, which is what you are refering to and what you need to run netscape etc. Read up on installing and configuring X windows. You can use Lynx a text only browser to read the online manuals (if installed). John On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Shane Brothen wrote: > Hello, I just installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 and then I rebooted, looged in, and then all it had was a "$". What do I do there? What do I type to get into that nice graphical thing that looks like windows and has Netscape running like I see in a screen shot? > > Help A.S.A.P before I delete it all.. > > ..Shane >
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