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Date:      Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:00:20 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        andrei <admin@zeyas.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions @ FreeBSD. org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: a quick question ...
Message-ID:  <20041227010020.GC57788@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <WorldClient-F200412261943.AA43290000@zeyas.com>
References:  <WorldClient-F200412261943.AA43290000@zeyas.com>

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On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 07:43:29PM -0500, andrei wrote:
> Hi, my name is Andrei and I have recently purchased FreeBSD from BSDMall =
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> I ran into few problems. I am a windows user but i have some experince in=
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> Linux BUT, I got rid of my windows machine and installed FreeBDS. After t=
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> install for some reason i log into root and i use the startx command sinc=
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> get no GUI interface and i get 3 pannels (light green bar and white=20
> background and a clock at the top (it looks like a 16 bit OS or something=
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> Can you tell me what could be wrong ... any help will be apreciated. (i a=
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> gladly getting rid of windows and i am probably not give up easily that i=
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> why i would like some help)

Nothing is wrong, that's the default X configuration.  There's plenty
of documentation about how to install your choice of window manager;
start with the FreeBSD Handbook on the website.

Kris

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