Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:50:47 -0600 From: Lane <lane@joeandlane.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a quick question Message-ID: <200412280850.47373.lane@joeandlane.com> In-Reply-To: <WorldClient-F200412280052.AA52360001@zeyas.com> References: <WorldClient-F200412280052.AA52360001@zeyas.com>
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On Monday 27 December 2004 23:52, andrei wrote: > 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 > <CTRL><ALT><BACKSPACE>. This will shut down X and put you back at the > command line. > > Thanks for purchasing FreeBSD! > > lane > _______________________________________________ > 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" andre, Whoops! I forgot one tiny detail: login as any user (again, other than root) then type ee .xinitrc enter the following line: exec startkde press <ESC> to exit and save, then type Note: Usually this should be the only line in .xinitrc login <same user> this will tell X to start the kde desktop good luck! lane
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