Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:35:18 -0500 From: "Ron Ganzer" <ganzman@ganzman.no-ip.org> To: "Bryan E. Henning" <behenning@cox.net>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to start X11R6 Message-ID: <web-1780010@ganzman.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <005401c4c152$93c903c0$6501a8c0@HMTCDESKTOP>
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On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 20:09:47 -0700 "Bryan E. Henning" <behenning@cox.net> wrote: >*This message was transferred with a trial version of >CommuniGate(tm) Pro* >After I boot freebsd, and I login what do I do to start >gnome or xfree86 >Exactly what are the commands to start an application. I >can browse directories but so far that is the extent of >what I know how to do. Could anyone help? > >Bryan E. Henning >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ? bryan , if gnome is installed fully all you need to do is type #gdm or just type #startx if startx fails just edit ~/.xinitrc and add/change the line exec gdm if gnome is not installed just do the following : #cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 #make install clean wait........wait ......... wait when make is done .... just do what i explained earlier :) have nice day , Ron Ganzer
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