Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 16:53:51 -0500 From: "Tim Gebhardt" <freebsd@gebhardtcomputing.com> To: "'allegros2'" <allegro@megahydrogen.com>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: First Time User Message-ID: <20040525215350.CF2183595@students.depaul.edu> In-Reply-To: <c90ckk%2Bgbq5@eGroups.com>
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If you installed XWindows and selected a windows manager during install, try typing "startx" (no quotes). Tim Gebhardt President CSS/ACM - DePaul University FreeBSD@gebhardtcomputing.com --Without C we would only have BASI, OBOL, and PASAL-- >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- >>>newbies@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of allegros2 >>>Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 4:09 PM >>>To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org >>>Subject: First Time User >>> >>>I have installed FreeBSD from CD; I boot to it via a BM from >>>Paragon. It boots to Login: then after I lof=g in, I get a >>>promtp$. Why am I in textmode? how do I get a GUI? Thanks >>>F >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list >>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies >>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies- >>>unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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