From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 18 14:40:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chmls20.mediaone.net (chmls20.mediaone.net [24.147.1.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36B0E37B406 for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 14:40:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leblanc@smtp.ne.mediaone.net) Received: from canada.acadia.ne.mediaone.net (acadia.ne.mediaone.net [65.96.185.189]) by chmls20.mediaone.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f7ILeUx18545 for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 17:40:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by canada.acadia.ne.mediaone.net (8.11.5/8.11.5) id f7ILY5f19810; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 17:34:05 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from leblanc) Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 17:34:05 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GUI Message-ID: <20010818173404.C80225@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <000001c12827$57cbe3a0$0400a8c0@mshome.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <000001c12827$57cbe3a0$0400a8c0@mshome.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i X-bright-idea: Lets abolish HTML mail! Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 08/17/01 07:23 PM, Michael Schatte sat at the `puter and typed: > > I just installed FreeBSD today and I cant find a command for a GUI. Or > does it have one? > > ************************************* > Michael Schatte > > Email: [1]Mike_2006@msn.com > > ICQ #: 109649688 > > Zone Nick: IcE_MaN980 > > ************************************* > You mean the Xserver? If you installed XFree86, you might try startx from the console, or edit /etc/ttys and change the xdm setup to turn it on instead of off (just search for 'xdm' and change 'off' to 'on'). The first solution will simply start X when you want, the latter will cause X to start automatically. CAVEAT!!! You *REALLY* want to read some X info before editing your config by hand. If you installed X from the cd (or ftp, or whatever) during the FreeBSD install, your config is in /etc/XF86Config, and you are running XFree86 3.x. If you installed X afterward from the ports, you could be running XFree86 4.x, and your config is in /etc/X11/XF86Config. The two configs are not cross compatible, and the config tools are also different. To configure XF86 3.x, use /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup. To configure XF86 4.x, use /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config. You will find docs galore in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.*. READ the ones that might even remotely apply to your machine! They have TONS of useful info, and with a little grepping and groping around, you can get the details that apply to your machine even quicker. Woa, dude, your .sig is killing me! That should be on a bilboard, not in email :) HTH L -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@acadia.ne.mediaone.net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://acadia.ne.mediaone.net ԿԬ design, v.: What you regret not doing later on. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message