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From: "Tim Gebhardt" <freebsd@gebhardtcomputing.com>
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typing "startx" (no quotes).


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>>>-----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
>>>
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