From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 25 12:17:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA28955 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 12:17:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mail.trincoll.edu (mail.cc.trincoll.edu [157.252.10.251]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA28945 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 12:17:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Helena.Carvalho@mail.cc.trincoll.edu) Received: from Trinity Server.pc.trincoll.edu (ciscoport22.cc.trincoll.edu) by mail.trincoll.edu with SMTP (8.6.12/20-main-dsc) id OAA27858 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 1997 14:14:05 -0500 Message-ID: <34A2B0EF.2382@mail.trincoll.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 14:15:59 -0500 From: LennyLemur Reply-To: Helena.Carvalho@mail.cc.trincoll.edu Organization: Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Please Help! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk i am pretty sure that i installed FreeBSD and Xwindows with it. I inserted CD-1 and in DOS prompt, i type in install...from there i chose what ever partition and then installed it (novice installation) and chosed alot of files, including the Xwindows user and developer stuff. After it was done, i exited installation and my computer booted. I got to then Login prompt, typed in root and password i made up..i got through but then i couldn't get into Xwindows...whats wrong? thats is the part i wanted to buy FreeBSD...but i couldn't get into Xwindows!..please help!... P.S. I already read tha FAQ