From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 19 02:52:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA01644 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 02:52:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk (jraynard.demon.co.uk [158.152.42.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA01634 for ; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 02:52:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.12) id MAA00332; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:01:22 GMT Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:01:22 GMT Message-Id: <199606181201.MAA00332@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: Amooooo@aol.com CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <960617194837_219308939@emout09.mail.aol.com> (Amooooo@aol.com) Subject: Re: New Unix user Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > HI all as you probley can tell from my question Im a new FreeBSD user and > have a quick question. Which I have install FreeBSD and X and want to run X > but at login after typing root I get the following msg (Terminal type? > [cons25]) which does not accpect the startx command. Can any one tell me how > I run X . More haste, less speed! 8-) The system is asking you which kind of console you want to use in *terminal* mode (it does this because there are some people who don't like X or whose systems aren't powerful enough to run it). Just press the return key here and then it'll give you a command prompt at which you can then give commands. It'll then tell you off for logging in as root - usually you should log in, and do your work as, a "normal" user and use the 'su' command for the occasions when you have to do something that a normal user can't (or in X, keep an xterm open in which you have root privileges). If you find all this a bit annoying, you can run 'xdm' from /etc/rc.local, which will start the system up straight into X - but I'd recommend making sure you've got X set up properly first 8-) -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk