From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 11 07:34:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1740316A420 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:34:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: from lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (mail.bathnetworks.com [84.92.24.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 144AA43D45 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:34:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: (qmail 9355 invoked by uid 510); 11 Feb 2006 07:36:09 +0000 Received: from 84.92.24.252 by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.24-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.88/1261. spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.24-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-3.6/5.0):. Processed in 1.11444 secs); 11 Feb 2006 07:36:09 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.6 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: bsd@bathnetworks.com via lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-3.6/5.0):. Processed in 1.11444 secs Process 9348) Received: from mail.bathnetworks.com (HELO ?84.92.24.252?) (bsd@bathnetworks.com@84.92.24.252) by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk with SMTP; 11 Feb 2006 07:36:08 +0000 From: Robert Slade To: Alexandre Adao In-Reply-To: <20060210222422.19070.qmail@web34603.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060210222422.19070.qmail@web34603.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1139643367.8911.14.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:36:08 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Help Installing FreeBSD 6.0 with GUI X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:34:19 -0000 On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 22:24, Alexandre Adao wrote: > I am VERY new on FeeBSD and I installed it using the > standard option. How can have freeBSD 6.0 runing on > GUI? Is there any step by step proceedure? > > Thanks for any help. > --Alex > Alex, Welcome Every thing you should need to know is in the handbook. You will need to read the section on installing Xwindows, then chose a Desktop environment (Gnome or KDE). There are some minor issues with nvida video 3d cards but there are nvida drivers for BSD. ATI cards are a bit more of a problem. In both cases search the mailing list archives the info is there. Rob