From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 27 01:02:45 2004 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 8A0D416A4E4 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:02:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F169543D39 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:02:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Received: from [66.47.111.183] (helo=joeandlane.com) (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CijHY-0001Ql-7s; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:02:44 -0500 Received: from joeandlane.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by joeandlane.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBR13c5G057097; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:03:38 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by joeandlane.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iBR13cVc057096; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:03:38 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) X-Authentication-Warning: joeandlane.com: lholcombe set sender to lane@joeandlane.com using -f From: Lane To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:03:38 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200412261903.38394.lane@joeandlane.com> X-ELNK-Trace: e56a4b6ca9bdfda11aa676d7e74259b7b3291a7d08dfec792832a41910e446626a2e2822b5843f02350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.47.111.183 cc: andrei Subject: Re: a quick question ... 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: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:02:45 -0000 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 . This will shut down X and put you back at the command line. Thanks for purchasing FreeBSD! lane