Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:01:22 GMT From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: Amooooo@aol.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New Unix user Message-ID: <199606181201.MAA00332@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <960617194837_219308939@emout09.mail.aol.com> (Amooooo@aol.com)
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> HI all as you probley can tell from my question Im a new FreeBSD user and > have a quick question. Which I have install FreeBSD and X and want to run X > but at login after typing root I get the following msg (Terminal type? > [cons25]) which does not accpect the startx command. Can any one tell me how > I run X . More haste, less speed! 8-) The system is asking you which kind of console you want to use in *terminal* mode (it does this because there are some people who don't like X or whose systems aren't powerful enough to run it). Just press the return key here and then it'll give you a command prompt at which you can then give commands. It'll then tell you off for logging in as root - usually you should log in, and do your work as, a "normal" user and use the 'su' command for the occasions when you have to do something that a normal user can't (or in X, keep an xterm open in which you have root privileges). If you find all this a bit annoying, you can run 'xdm' from /etc/rc.local, which will start the system up straight into X - but I'd recommend making sure you've got X set up properly first 8-) -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
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