From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 08:54:16 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 581C516A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:54:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3750843D8B for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:53:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 30036 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2004 16:45:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (81.196.25.19) by mail.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 23 Jan 2004 16:45:14 -0000 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:46:32 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: "Claude Martin" Message-Id: <20040123184632.16859843@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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 16:54:16 -0000 On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:21:13 +0000 "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. 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