From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 14 15:39:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3F6D37B406 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2002 15:39:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a124.otenet.gr [212.205.215.124]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5EMd2xa026756; Sat, 15 Jun 2002 01:39:03 +0300 (EEST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5EMd2Fq019505; Sat, 15 Jun 2002 01:39:02 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g5EMd1JS019504; Sat, 15 Jun 2002 01:39:01 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 01:39:00 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: AZN Unix Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: questions about GUI Message-ID: <20020614223900.GA19230@hades.hell.gr> References: <20020614222906.SVDD19182.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@there> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020614222906.SVDD19182.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@there> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2002-06-14 06:28 -0400, AZN Unix wrote: > i bought the freebsd power pak 4.4 at compusa, and on the back of > the box there's a picture and under it it says The XFree86 Graphical > User Interface, and i was wondering how i can get my desktop to look > like that, and what exactly is xfree86? XFree86 is an implementation of the X11 interface. You can find a better description at their homepage (http://www.XFree86.org). For instructions on setting up XFree86 on FreeBSD, please look at the FreeBSD Handbook. You will find the FreeBSD Handbook at http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ and the chapter about X11 configuration can be found at: http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/ ************** IMPORTANT NOTE ************** You might want to update that machine, since 4.4-RELEASE is a rather old release now, and there are well known security problems with some of the programs distributed in the CDROMs of 4.4-RELEASE. These have been fixed in newer versions of FreeBSD, so updating is a *must* in your case. The "Cutting Edge" chapter of the Handbook explains how this can be done. - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message