From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jul 16 3: 2:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp9.xs4all.nl (smtp9.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C3A637BC30 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2000 03:02:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kapteyn@xs4all.nl) Received: from list1.xs4all.nl (list1.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.52]) by smtp9.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA08413 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2000 12:02:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from root@localhost) by list1.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA17524; Sun, 16 Jul 2000 12:02:13 +0200 (CEST) From: "new.xs4all.nl" To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Via: imploder /usr/local/lib/mail/news2mail/news2mail at list1.xs4all.nl Subject: starting KDE and so on Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 12:01:57 +0200 Organization: XS4ALL Internet BV Message-ID: <8ks166$elv$1@news1.xs4all.nl> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Now, After all those nice words about Free BSD I tried it. I downloaded teh ISO image and started installing. After a while I decided to use FTP, because the ISO image does not have all the correct contents (that will cost another full day phone bill... :-)) But now, when i cab start up Free bsd i want to get into a graphical shell. I mount the cdrom, then try to start kde by typing kde. It starts looking for all sorts of things and gives messages that a connection to the Xserver could not be made. First of all: what commands do i have to give in a standard situation (i am logged in as root) to start kde or gnome sessions? Secondly: where can i find the appropriate manual on the internet to find these commands? Third: should i download /configure a specific part of my installation to be able to start kde or gnome? If anyone can help me? Thanx!! regards, Wim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message