From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 15 19:01:25 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9B751065693 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:01:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout027.mac.com (asmtpout027.mac.com [17.148.16.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5E4E8FC0C for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:01:25 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp027.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KXW0073XCTWWQ40@asmtp027.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:01:10 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-1002150167 From: Chuck Swiger X-Priority: 3 In-reply-to: Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:01:08 -0800 Message-id: <66528716-FB94-4DF1-9D56-19BFB9EA08B9@mac.com> References: To: tristan X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freebsd 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: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:01:25 -0000 On Feb 15, 2010, at 10:12 AM, tristan wrote: > i recently installed freebsd on my system. when i sign in to the root account, i get a prompt telling me about the documentation, then a # sign. how do i acess an interactive desktop like the one in windows/mac? Install and configure an X11 environment like KDE or GNOME. Regards, -- -Chuck