Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:46:43 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: "Mike's Hotmail Account" <mroshi11@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: X configuration (was: Re: hello) Message-ID: <4A23BFA3.7030407@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <SNT111-DS10A9B7F98CBFC72796AE38CD4C0@phx.gbl> References: <SNT111-DS10A9B7F98CBFC72796AE38CD4C0@phx.gbl>
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Mike's Hotmail Account wrote: > I am trying to install freebsd on my m-2625u gateway laptop but am running into trouble. whe I try to start x all I get is a black screen. I would try to configure the xorg file but I have no idea what my screen specs are. I know these questions are dumb but im kind of new to bsd. > Please read the relevant Handbook section, 5.4.2: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html To start a desktop like Gnome or KDE you will have to install the relevant packages and create an .xinitrc file. Please see section 5.7: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x11-wm.html and also the FreeBSD web pages. For example, for Gnome see here: http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/
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