From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 17 02:24:42 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 648DB16A401 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:24:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from host222.ipowerweb.com (host222.ipowerweb.com [66.235.210.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4884813C46E for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:24:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 7570 invoked from network); 17 Apr 2007 02:24:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO demeter.hydra) (24.9.123.251) by host222.ipowerweb.com with SMTP; 17 Apr 2007 02:24:07 -0000 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l3H2Oe1n015626; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:24:40 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l3H2OdvU015625; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:24:39 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:24:39 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: Jim Priovolos Message-ID: <20070417022439.GA15559@demeter.hydra> References: <263817.55408.qm@web56412.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <263817.55408.qm@web56412.mail.re3.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GUI X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:24:42 -0000 On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 06:38:10PM -0700, Jim Priovolos wrote: > Any tips on how to make FreeBSD start with a GUI login screen? > > I chose gnome and X-Windows in the install and they run in a weird limited way if I start them up after logining in to a command line. But it doesn't start in a way that allows a login to a GUI as the initial login screen. > > Plus, when I try to execute xterm I get Can't open display even though I've set DISPLAY and display environment variables to :0.0 and localhost:0.0 and ip_address_of_box:0.0. > > Any help will be appreciated. I'm not sure what problem you're having, exactly, from that description. You might be able to solve it by installing either gdm or kdm -- or even xdm, if you don't care about bells and whistles and just want a GUI login. I don't see kdm in the ports tree using whereis, but gdm and xdm are both in there. If the problem is that you don't know how to get X started, try logging into the TTY console and entering the "startx" command. If the problem is that X is broken, you need more help than this. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] unix virus: If you're using a unixlike OS, please forward this to 20 others and erase your system partition.