Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 14:14:05 -0800 (PST) From: Stefan Veith <veith@rocketmail.com> To: Tyler Ripley <cyberchip@mailcity.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GUI in FreeBSD Message-ID: <19980314221405.20695.rocketmail@web2.rocketmail.com>
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> It's me again. :) I've finally got FreeBSD installed, but I was hoping it would > have a GUI interface. I've seen the screen shots at > > http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdshot2.jpg Yes, this is the X-Window-System. > I installed the fifth option. Which was the fourth option plus the X Window system. > When I booted up, I got a DOS-like interface. Also, when I went into the system So far, so fine! Now, enter /stand/sysinstall, choose "Configuration", then "XFree86", and finally "XF86Setup". Then the X configuration starts, you need the most essantial specifications of your system (graphics card, mouse, monitor, and so on). After this, you can type "startx" to get to the X-Window-System. But beware: such a fine configured X needs some preparation! The screenshots you referred to require KDE (go to http://www.kde.org ) and the *latest* Qt ( http://www.troll.no ). Stefan. ________________ Stefan Veith Düsseldorf, EU _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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