From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 28 05:52:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4409F16A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 05:52:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from zeyas.com (CPE000ea6884f37-CM000a73a15e5e.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.199.185.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EA9843D1F for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 05:52:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from admin@zeyas.com) Received: from WorldClient by zeyas.com (MDaemon.PRO.v7.2.2.R) with ESMTP id md50000000187.msg for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:52:41 -0500 Received: from [66.185.84.73] via WorldClient with HTTP; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:52:36 -0500 Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:52:36 -0500 From: "andrei" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: X-Mailer: WorldClient 7.2.2 X-Authenticated-Sender: admin@zeyas.com X-Spam-Processed: zeyas.com, Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:52:41 -0500 (not processed: message from valid local sender) X-Return-Path: admin@zeyas.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: re:a quick question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 05:52:44 -0000 Thank you for your quick replay but i am still not sure about a couple of things: I have tried what Mr. Lane suggested ... it took lets say about 8-9 hours (it connects to an ftp and starts downloading packages and installing them from all that writing on the screen and i have cable 500kbps down high speed cable or something) and yet when i restart i shoose option 1 (default boot freebsd) and log in as user or root and startx and i get 2 xterm pannels a login and a clock.i think i am missing something ... could you guys please help. oh and i saw an error more or less when i esit the so called startx it says radeon failed ..... i would assume i am still using xorg or something ... thaks again for your help and hone i really don't have to go back to windows cause i don't want to ... :o) On Sunday 26 December 2004 18:43, andrei wrote: > Hi, my name is Andrei and I have recently purchased FreeBSD from BSDMall > and I ran into few problems. I am a windows user but i have some experince > in Linux BUT, I got rid of my windows machine and installed FreeBDS. After > the install for some reason i log into root and i use the startx command > since i get no GUI interface and i get 3 pannels (light green bar and white > background and a clock at the top (it looks like a 16 bit OS or something). > Can you tell me what could be wrong ... any help will be apreciated. (i am > gladly getting rid of windows and i am probably not give up easily that is > why i would like some help) ... Thank you for the time taken to read my > email and helping me. My system is 3.06Ghz intel, all in wonder ati 9700 > pro, 200Gb WD, 1Gb ram, cd-rw 52x24x52, dvd-rw 4x2x32, sound blaster audigy > 2. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" andrei! welcome! There is nothing wrong, I think. It sounds as if you have properly installed X. But X isn't the friendliest desktop around, as you've seen. You should be able to get a full-featured desktop by issuing the following commands: cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3 make all install clean login andrei (or some NON-ROOT user) startx KDE is only one of several "window managers" that are available, but it is probably the most widely used. It is recommended that you use a NON-ROOT user unless you specifically need root access. There is a way to configure your system to log in directly to the GUI, but I use the following in ~/.cshrc: if ($?DISPLAY) then set history = 100 set savehist = 100 else startx endif This will cause FreeBSD to issue the "startx" command on a per-user basis. If you get that X desktop and don't know how to get out of it, press . This will shut down X and put you back at the command line. Thanks for purchasing FreeBSD! lane