From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 08:23:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B72D16A4CF for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:23:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from dm3cn8.bell.ca (dm3cn8.bell.ca [206.47.0.145]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 693B443D45 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:23:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from christopher.hollow@cgi.com) Received: from 142.122.115.62dm3cn8.bell.ca with ESMTP (Tumbleweed MMS SMTP Relay (MMS v5.0)); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:13:28 -0500 X-Server-Uuid: D4A4E604-913A-4A1B-8C07-2866D92AD410 Received: from cgi.com ([142.122.30.40]) by bt5c69.on.bell.ca (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 BESI_Messaging_7 Apr 29 2002 13:22:02) with ESMTP id HRYAED00.099; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:13:25 -0500 Message-ID: <40114823.2070608@cgi.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:13:23 -0500 From: "HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Claude Martin" References: In-Reply-To: X-WSS-ID: 6C0F97AC75367-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I get into GUI? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 16:23:15 -0000 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