From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 21 14:14:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA02060 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 14:14:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mail1.realtime.net (mail1.realtime.net [205.238.128.217]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA02052 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 14:14:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jktheowl@bga.com) Received: (qmail 23726 invoked from network); 21 Dec 1997 22:14:44 -0000 Received: from zoom.realtime.net (HELO zoom.bga.com) (root@205.238.128.40) by mail1.realtime.net with SMTP; 21 Dec 1997 22:14:44 -0000 Received: from barnowl (apm0-47.realtime.net [205.238.146.47]) by zoom.bga.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA03292; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 16:14:41 -0600 Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 16:19:37 -0600 (CST) From: John Kenagy X-Sender: jktheowl@barnowl To: Shane Brothen cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP! A.S.A.P! In-Reply-To: <000701bd0e4e$1123aab0$0109c9c7@brothen> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk That is she shell prompt. You are in your home directory and the operating system is waiting for you to tell it what to do next! Like start X, X windows, which is what you are refering to and what you need to run netscape etc. Read up on installing and configuring X windows. You can use Lynx a text only browser to read the online manuals (if installed). John On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Shane Brothen wrote: > Hello, I just installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 and then I rebooted, looged in, and then all it had was a "$". 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 >