Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:46:32 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> To: "Claude Martin" <claude_martin_41@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I get into GUI? Message-ID: <20040123184632.16859843@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <BAY2-F94PaqhT4UHtWK000139aa@hotmail.com> References: <BAY2-F94PaqhT4UHtWK000139aa@hotmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:21:13 +0000 "Claude Martin" <claude_martin_41@hotmail.com> 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. Yup, that's the way it work around here ;) do as user: $ echo 'exec startkde' > ~/.xinirc $ startx > 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. What failed, X configuration or adding KDE ? Give us the errors, we cannot guess them. > 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. It should work. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20040123184632.16859843>