Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:03:38 -0600 From: Lane <lane@joeandlane.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: andrei <admin@zeyas.com> Subject: Re: a quick question ... Message-ID: <200412261903.38394.lane@joeandlane.com> In-Reply-To: <WorldClient-F200412261943.AA43290000@zeyas.com> References: <WorldClient-F200412261943.AA43290000@zeyas.com>
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On Sunday 26 December 2004 18:43, andrei wrote: > Hi, my name is Andrei and I have recently purchased FreeBSD from BSDMall > and I ran into few problems. I am a windows user but i have some experince > in Linux BUT, I got rid of my windows machine and installed FreeBDS. After > the install for some reason i log into root and i use the startx command > since i get no GUI interface and i get 3 pannels (light green bar and white > background and a clock at the top (it looks like a 16 bit OS or something). > Can you tell me what could be wrong ... any help will be apreciated. (i am > gladly getting rid of windows and i am probably not give up easily that is > why i would like some help) ... Thank you for the time taken to read my > email and helping me. My system is 3.06Ghz intel, all in wonder ati 9700 > pro, 200Gb WD, 1Gb ram, cd-rw 52x24x52, dvd-rw 4x2x32, sound blaster audigy > 2. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" andrei! welcome! There is nothing wrong, I think. It sounds as if you have properly installed X. But X isn't the friendliest desktop around, as you've seen. You should be able to get a full-featured desktop by issuing the following commands: cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3 make all install clean login andrei (or some NON-ROOT user) startx KDE is only one of several "window managers" that are available, but it is probably the most widely used. It is recommended that you use a NON-ROOT user unless you specifically need root access. There is a way to configure your system to log in directly to the GUI, but I use the following in ~/.cshrc: if ($?DISPLAY) then set history = 100 set savehist = 100 else startx endif This will cause FreeBSD to issue the "startx" command on a per-user basis. If you get that X desktop and don't know how to get out of it, press <CTRL><ALT><BACKSPACE>. This will shut down X and put you back at the command line. Thanks for purchasing FreeBSD! lane
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