Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 14:14:45 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Gustavo Cevallos <gcevallos@aquasinc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Expected too much? Message-ID: <4203D7B5.2090100@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <LOBBLMNKIFOKCBDIAHKAAEJLCFAA.gcevallos@aquasinc.com> References: <LOBBLMNKIFOKCBDIAHKAAEJLCFAA.gcevallos@aquasinc.com>
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Gustavo Cevallos wrote: >I downloaded and installed FreeBSD 5.3 on a computer. I go past the login >and password stage. Can I go to a full graphics mode? How? > >Gustavo A. Cevallos >AQUAS Inc. >5480 Wisconsin Av. Suite 210 >Chevy Chase, MD 20815 >Telf. 301 654 4000 >Fax. 301 654 4004 > > Install a graphical user interface (GUI). FreeBSD is great in that it gives you a *choice* (something they don't believe in the Pacific NW, apparently) of many different GUI environments, and you can actually do a lot of work without one (try that in "command.com" on a stock installation). As Kris stated, the Handbook is your friend. I think my build of the Handbook is fairly recent; in it the chapter on windowing systems is Chapter 5, but it states that knowledge of Chapter 4 is a pre-requisite. Good luck and welcome to FreeBSD, and "tools, not policy!" Feel free to write back with your questions about GUI configuration (there might be some....) Kevin Kinsey
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