From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 24 4:11:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from c007.snv.cp.net (c007-h000.c007.snv.cp.net [209.228.33.206]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6558C37B71D for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 04:11:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from otterr@telocity.com) Received: (cpmta 3711 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2001 04:10:52 -0800 Received: from dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com (HELO zoso) (216.227.91.85) by smtp.telocity.com (209.228.33.206) with SMTP; 24 Mar 2001 04:10:52 -0800 X-Sent: 24 Mar 2001 12:10:52 GMT From: "Otter" To: "'Rick Hamell'" , "'Brian Alberding'" Cc: Subject: RE: How can I get into a Graphic userinterface? Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 07:02:27 -0500 Message-ID: <000c01c0b45a$4bb4a480$1401a8c0@zoso> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You'll need to make sure you've installed the XFree86 package/port before trying to run startx. Once installed, you'll also need to configure it for your particular video adapter and monitor. Once all is installed and configured, THEN you can run startx. If you hit a snag in the process and need to search the archive of the mailing lists, check out http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists Good Luck! -Otter p.s. it wouldn't hurt to see if you have any BSD or Linux user groups in your area. Finding others who are familiar with it is always a Good Thing. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Rick Hamell > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 4:55 AM > To: Brian Alberding > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: How can I get into a Graphic userinterface? > > > > > I am confused. On the box BSD Power Pak 4.2. It shows a > grapical user > > interface. I have and tried to get it to get in. How can I > get into the > > Graphical user interface. Please tell me how I can get into > a graphical user > > inteface. Just to tell you I am new to this. > > Startx tends to work for me... :) > > Rick > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message