Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:54:56 -0700 From: "Todd" <todd@counterman.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: installation trouble Message-ID: <000a01c1267c$8f96a7e0$0400005a@dsl.gtei.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C12641.E2A86120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, Last night I installed FreeBSD onto my computer. The installation seemed = to go well until after the first boot. When prompted to login we entered = the user name and then the password and got the prompt. We can't seem to = "startx". I tried all the different commands and the reply is "bad or = missing command". The only command I could get to work was the "add = user". I went back to the packages and selected the ones to do with x = systems. Still no go. Motherboard =3D Soyo duel processor ( running 1 P3 1ghz processor) 2 Maxtor harddrives (master 60gb and slave 40gb) 3Comm ethernet card all in wonder 32mb video card 256 RAM What do I need to do to fix this? marianne Sales & Marketing todd@counterman.net www.counterman.net Phone: 800-937-6590 Fax: 805-928-3567 ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C12641.E2A86120 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#c0c0c0> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Last night I installed FreeBSD onto my = computer.=20 The installation seemed to go well until after the first boot. When = prompted to=20 login we entered the user name and then the password and got the prompt. = We=20 can't seem to "startx". I tried all the different commands and the reply = is "bad=20 or missing command". The only command I could get to work was the "add = user". I=20 went back to the packages and selected the ones to do with x systems. = Still no=20 go.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Motherboard =3D Soyo duel processor ( = running 1 P3=20 1ghz processor)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2 Maxtor harddrives (master = 60gb and slave=20 40gb)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3Comm ethernet card</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>all in wonder 32mb video = card</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>256 RAM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What do I need to do to fix = this?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>marianne</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sales & Marketing<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:todd@counterman.net">todd@counterman.net</A><BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.counterman.net">www.counterman.net</A><BR>Phone:=20 800-937-6590<BR>Fax: 805-928-3567</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C12641.E2A86120-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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