Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 18:42:24 -0700 From: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> To: XDrAcOX@mci2000.COM, newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing X-Windows Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980612184224.007e8b20@mx.serv.net> In-Reply-To: <3581B36E.C76B5891@mci2000.COM>
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You need to install some of the "packages" included in the distribution. Try fvwm95 for a start, or qvwm. Those are fairly decent X clients. If you want to get REALLY fancy and have fast hardware, try Enlightenment - funky client, dude... :-) If you have trouble accessing the CDROM to add packages, boot from the boot floppy and select "upgrade an existing system", and re-install the bin distribution only. Then you should be able to access the packages. At 07:02 PM 6/12/98 -0400, DrAcO wrote: >I am new to the FreeBSD "enviroment", and am only 15 at the time so >forgive me if I sound kind of "out of it" right now. I recently >installed FreeBSD 2.2.6 on my laptop (Toshiba 430CDS) and am having >trouble running X-Windows. When X-Windows comes up, it seems like an >older version. When I ran RedHat Linux 4.2, my X-Windows background was >green and it had a start menu, etc., etc. However, my FreeBSD X-Windows >is grey, has no start menu, and the colors are different. The X-Term >windows is actually white! In X-Windows configuration, I have selected >the right graphics card, screen resolution, and everything is correct, >but when I startx it looks the same. I installed FreeBSD from a >CD-ROM. I was wondering if someone could help me figure out what the >problem is? > Thanks, > John. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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