Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:13:23 -0500 From: "HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER" <christopher.hollow@cgi.com> To: "Claude Martin" <claude_martin_41@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I get into GUI? Message-ID: <40114823.2070608@cgi.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY2-F94PaqhT4UHtWK000139aa@hotmail.com> References: <BAY2-F94PaqhT4UHtWK000139aa@hotmail.com>
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Hi Claude, FreBSD takes a minimalistic approach to installing applications in the default install. By default, XWindows is not installed. Read the handbook section on XWindows: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html It describes XWindows installation, config and usage as well as working with some window managers and desktops. You can also install X through /stand/sysinstall -> Configure -> Packages. In closing, on a personal note, I might suggest that you try a lighter windows manager (Blackbox, WindowMaker) over a full-blown desktop manager (KDE, Gnome) as they are much quicker. They require a little more leg work up front as you will have to install your X apps on your own. Again, this is sticking with the minimalistic approach of only installing what you need. HTH, Christopher Hollow Claude Martin wrote: > Hi, my name is Claude, and I'm new to FreeBSD. I've installed it on a > hard drive by itself, and I get it to boot. The install seemed to have > completed without a glitch. > > My problem is that I expected the booting process to finish in the > graphical user interface. Instead, it stops at a CLI prompt. Maybe I > did something wrong. I tried re-configuring by booting off the CD, and > I selected KDE as my user interface. But something in the > configuration goes wrong, and it tells me to select a simpler > interface. I've tried a couple of the others, with the same result. > > I did not modify anything in the kernel. Is that the problem? My > computer has a Soho P4X400 Dragon Lite MB, an Intel Celeron 2.2 GHz > processor, 256 MB of DDR400 memory, an Nvidia GeForce2 video card, and > otherwise runs Win2000 and WinXP Pro flawlessly. > > I've read all sorts of help files, but am still pretty lost. Can you > advise me as to how to proceed from here? Is there a forum I can post > this to? > > Thank you very much! > > Claude > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- Christopher Hollow - Technical Consultant Infrastructure & Technology Support
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