From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 12 14:49:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5925616A4BF for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:49:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from salish.resist.ca (salish.resist.ca [142.179.66.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8A6D43F93 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:49:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from exodus@resist.ca) Received: (qmail-ldap/ctrl 4106 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2003 21:49:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.resist.ca) ([127.0.0.1]) (envelope-sender ) by resist.ca (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 12 Sep 2003 21:49:51 -0000 Received: from 172.142.208.100 (SquirrelMail authenticated user exodus@resist.ca) by mail.resist.ca with HTTP; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:49:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1080.172.142.208.100.1063403391.squirrel@mail.resist.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:49:51 -0700 (PDT) From: exodus@resist.ca To: questions@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 05:47:35 -0700 Subject: I need help getting a desktop working. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:49:53 -0000 Dear Freebsd, I have installed freebsd 4.4 (the ones that came with the manual.) I got it all installed correctly but when i log in freebsd it leaves me at a dos like screen with a $. I want to know how to get a desktop working (the quickest way.) Thank you for your time. -Mike D