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On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 11:02:10 +0000, "Matthew Seaman"
<m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> said:
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 10:41:08AM +0300, ZaiD Dashti wrote:
> 
> > why when i write startx my computer hangs ?
> > whatis the problem ?
> 
> I guess your X windows is incorrectly configured.

I have found this article to be a helpful tutorial:

<URL: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/21/FreeBSD_Basics.html>

HTH,

Jud