From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 2 01:18:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 3AC9216A40F for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 01:18:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from evans000_1999@yahoo.com) Received: from web60523.mail.yahoo.com (web60523.mail.yahoo.com [209.73.178.171]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D04AD43D8F for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 01:18:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from evans000_1999@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 88920 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Nov 2006 01:18:05 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=aPjzJURz6C06nYpHFYfA43m1f0IL19/2imZpHvvol9TL0rk9o3qV9/hvI9/htEqD3oIPPt/XoQB4uT6AaGfQRXoS1cw6exicD+GqlNJZu1ZEh8i8cysueFkp77oXPVoYPRlEwVBcjr67ty4fgkOPphf5IvsUAlL5yXWo9LtyQeM= ; Message-ID: <20061102011805.88918.qmail@web60523.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [70.48.18.218] by web60523.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:18:05 PST Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:18:05 -0800 (PST) From: Evans Durandisse To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: About "how the GUI should look like after installation!" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:18:14 -0000 I am brand new to unix. I m a beginner student in computer engineering. I w= anted to install =0AfreeBSD since there's such a fuss about it. I got the i= so images and mounted them on a CD with Alcohol 120. I installed freebsd wi= thout much configuration. I answered 'no' when asked to configure things wh= at could be configured later. But I do not know if I installed it right, ev= enthough I tried to follow the instructions from the handbook. When I open = my computer, after installation, there's the screen that asked if I want to= start freebsd or dos. So I choose freebsd. Then, I logged in and typed 'st= artx' to start the gui (that's what I should do! right!). Consequently, it'= d been loaded. I am just seeing four comand shells. That's all I can see! N= o taskbars! No background picture (greying grinded dots: like pixels in a l= ow definition image). There're just four squared box (shell). My mouse work= ed! But there's nothing it can be used for. I tried to work myself over tha= t by typing some commands. But I don't know that much of the Unix language;= so it's been to no avail! So my question is should I get this kind of grap= hic environment? or something missing in the installation.=0A=0A I have= an intel D845GLVA motherboard with a Pent IV, integrated video card, Samsu= ng SyncMaster 753DF (maybe it's the hardware). But I didn't get any error m= essage for that.=0A Thank you for considering helping! Have a good day!= =0AEvans=0A=0A