Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:29:30 -0500 From: David J Brooks <daeg@houston.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Jim Priovolos <jim1976us@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: GUI Message-ID: <200704162129.31282.daeg@houston.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <263817.55408.qm@web56412.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <263817.55408.qm@web56412.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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On Monday 16 April 2007 08:38:10 pm 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. Have a look at the excellent FreeBSD Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html David -- The Wright Bothers weren't the first to fly. They were just the first not to crash.
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