From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 2 12: 9:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay1.inwind.it (relay1.inwind.it [212.141.53.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FEBC37B43F for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 12:09:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bartequi.ottodomain.org (212.141.79.104) by relay1.inwind.it (5.1.046) id 39AFDC9900028EAB; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 21:09:00 +0200 From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 20:08:59 GMT Message-ID: <20000902.20085900@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Subject: Setting up a destop (was Re: BSD inquiry...) To: cyberstorm Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <39B2AA55.DCA080F7@prodigy.net> References: <39B2AA55.DCA080F7@prodigy.net> X-Mailer: SuperCalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 9/3/00, 8:45:25 PM, cyberstorm wrote=20 regarding BSD inquiry...: > Hello. > I've just installed FreeBSD 4.0 > After the login promtp... the > one with the words of wisdom, how do I bring up the desktop??? > Thanks Dear "Cyberstorm", I would suggest using more suitable subjects in your letters. As to the "desktop", well, you can choose from: Gnome, KDE, ...: /stand/sysinstall --> Configure ... It goes without saying that you must have installed XFree86 (have I=20 mentioned /stand/sysinstall ?), and that you have to write down few=20 simple configuration files (e.g. ~/.xinitrc, containing, say, "exec=20 startkde"). Personally, I adopted a different approach: I downloaded X, KDE,=20 GNOME, a number of window managers, etc. (wasting a considerable=20 amount of bandwidth) via the ports(7) mechanism. Have as much fun as you can, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message