Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:43:33 -0500 From: "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>, "Adam Borntrager" <adam@pcswichita.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question Message-ID: <1079631813.4332.182918539@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <200403181421.i2IELr316251@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200403181421.i2IELr316251@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:21:52 -0500 (EST), "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> said: > > > > I am very new to this and I have installed the FreeBSD on my computer. > > What is the command that you use to launch the GUI that is installed > > with this?? (I think it was Xfree86 or Xwindows) > > > > Thank you for helping me to learn about this technology. > > Probably you are looking for startx > > But, you must have installed an X manager and configured it properly. > The default is a very basic one called xwm I think and I believe it > gets installed by default when you install XFree86. But, it is very > bare bones. I prefer AfterStep (along with OpenOffice) for most basic > stuff like writing programs and reading Email and editing web pages > because it is quite basic and doesn't get in your way much, but it is a > little more serviceable than plain xwm. If I want more of a desktop I > use KDE which I also install right at the beginning. You need to > tinker startx or something to choose between the two if you want to > switch between them. Then there is Gnome which is just overkill for > my tastes. > > You probably will also need to edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc > to get things to come up just the way you want. But, they have simple > default configs that can get you started without editing that right > away. > > So, as long as you installed XFree86 and at least one window manager, > just type startx and see what happens and go from there. I've found <URL: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/21/FreeBSD_Basics.html>; to be very helpful in outlining the steps to follow. Jud
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