From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 28 14:50:08 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 BB50416A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:50:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FBA443D3F for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:50:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Received: from [66.47.111.183] (helo=joeandlane.com) (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CjIfn-0007Kf-Gi for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:50:07 -0500 Received: from joeandlane.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by joeandlane.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBSEomhC069561 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:50:48 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by joeandlane.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iBSEoltT069560 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:50:47 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) X-Authentication-Warning: joeandlane.com: lholcombe set sender to lane@joeandlane.com using -f From: Lane To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:50:47 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200412280850.47373.lane@joeandlane.com> X-ELNK-Trace: e56a4b6ca9bdfda11aa676d7e74259b7b3291a7d08dfec79e04950e3feb902567aa3e4fd1b19f615350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.47.111.183 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 14:50:08 -0000 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 > . 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 to exit and save, then type Note: Usually this should be the only line in .xinitrc login this will tell X to start the kde desktop good luck! lane