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Date:      Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:41:15 +0000
From:      Danny Butroyd <danny.butroyd@globalmedia-webmarketing.com>
To:        Benjamin Sher <delphi123@zebra.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using boot manager with FreeBSD and Windows
Message-ID:  <44201E9B.6070503@globalmedia-webmarketing.com>
In-Reply-To: <44201CAA.4000508@zebra.net>
References:  <44201195.6040307@zebra.net>	<1142954306.17090.257155784@webmail.messagingengine.com> <44201CAA.4000508@zebra.net>

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Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear Jud and friends:
>
> OK, I finally figured out how to make OSL2000 work. In scanning all
> bootable partitions, it lists FreeBSD as two partitions: the 512 MB
> /boot partition (name unknown) and the FreeBSD 37 GB partition. It
> will not boot FreeBSD from the FreeBSD partition but, after changing
> the mode to swap, it booted at last directly into FreeBSD with the
> command "startx". I first saw during bootup that it said that I named
> "localhost" (for Mindspring) incorrectly. At any way, I was pretty
> disheartened when I finally arrived in FreeBSD. What I saw were two
> rectangular screens (with green edges): the one on the left said:
> "login", the one on the right said: "xterm". Plus a tiny clock in the
> upper corner. I feel completely lost. Where is KDE? What command
> should I use to get into KDE or to access the Internet?
You probably need to edit/create the .xinitrc file in your home
directory.  I dont use kde but a quick search on google reveals that
this may work in your case:-

exec startkde

Google is definately your friend for this kind of setup question :)

Danny




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