From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 12 09:49:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4808D16A4CF for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:49:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ptb-relay02.plus.net (ptb-relay02.plus.net [212.159.14.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D16FB43D45 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:49:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ml-freebsd-newbies@codepad.net) Received: from [80.229.159.44] (helo=[192.168.0.4]) by ptb-relay02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Cof7l-000ODw-E8 for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:49:09 +0000 From: Xian To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:49:06 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <41E4CE04.3060804@finnovative.net> In-Reply-To: <41E4CE04.3060804@finnovative.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501120949.06595.ml-freebsd-newbies@codepad.net> Subject: Re: HELP: Not sure where to go after installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:49:13 -0000 On Wednesday 12 January 2005 07:13, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > Hi, > > I just went to through the installation of FreeBSD 5.3 (i386) on my VIA > PD10000 system. After going through the installation, applicaitions > selections and extra packages, and configuration, I am brought back to > the initial installation screen. > > What do I do at this point? Do I just reboot. This seems awkward. > > Also, is X-Windows working. I went through a mouse configuration part, > but never went into any type of X-Windows configuration part. Do I have > X-Windows? > > I know that this is pretty basic, but being new and all, it's all a > little bit awkward and I am not sure exactly what to do... > > -- joaquin > _______________________________________________ > 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" To see if you've got X working type startx at the console. One of the most usefull things I use is the handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/) it has a section on X as well. You shouldn't have to reboot after installing most packages only things like new kernels need a reboot. -- /Xian "Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger" Anon