From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 21 16:19:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FD5716A400 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:19:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52E2543D4C for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:19:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from imap6.internal (imap6.internal [10.202.2.137]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DDEAD41EF3; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:19:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend3.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.152]) by imap6.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:19:11 -0500 Received: by frontend3.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 4318C74B; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:19:11 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1142957951.21769.257162452@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: DHfVGQqcjNOTuInUMfWm/WV80pWMN1S3kDmV1Kyxen0N 1142957951 From: "Jud" To: "Danny Butroyd" , "Benjamin Sher" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 5022 (F2.72; T1.15; A1.62; B3.04; Q3.03) References: <44201195.6040307@zebra.net> <1142954306.17090.257155784@webmail.messagingengine.com> <44201CAA.4000508@zebra.net> <44201E9B.6070503@globalmedia-webmarketing.com> In-Reply-To: <44201E9B.6070503@globalmedia-webmarketing.com> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:19:11 -0500 Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Using boot manager with FreeBSD and Windows 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, 21 Mar 2006 16:19:21 -0000 On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:41:15 +0000, "Danny Butroyd" said: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > Dear Jud and friends: > > > > OK, I finally figured out how to make OSL2000 work. In scanning all > > bootable partitions, it lists FreeBSD as two partitions: the 512 MB > > /boot partition (name unknown) and the FreeBSD 37 GB partition. It > > will not boot FreeBSD from the FreeBSD partition but, after changing > > the mode to swap, it booted at last directly into FreeBSD with the > > command "startx". I first saw during bootup that it said that I named > > "localhost" (for Mindspring) incorrectly. At any way, I was pretty > > disheartened when I finally arrived in FreeBSD. What I saw were two > > rectangular screens (with green edges): the one on the left said: > > "login", the one on the right said: "xterm". Plus a tiny clock in the > > upper corner. I feel completely lost. Where is KDE? What command > > should I use to get into KDE or to access the Internet? Ah, OK - what we had here was a failure to communicate. ;) FreeBSD has already booted at the point where you can enter commands. What you are asking about is how, after boot, to start the graphical user interface/desktop/KDE. The startx command is the correct one to use, but as Danny notes below, while some Linux distros automagically create the needed files for you, in FreeBSD you have to manually create the file that the startx command works on. What you apparently have done in the absence of creating your own .xinitrc file is start the bare-bones twm window manager rather than KDE. At least you know that the X server works. :) You create .xinitrc by starting a command line editor. In FreeBSD the 'easy editor,' ee, comes with the base system. Assuming you're in your home directory (/usr/home/ben or something similar, perhaps?), as root or the superuser you would enter 'ee .xinitrc' (no quotes) on the command line; once in ee, you'd type in the 'exec startkde' text just as Danny shows below; then save and exit. (If you have a different command line editor installed or are comfortable with vi, which also comes with the base system, you can create the .xinitrc file with that.) > You probably need to edit/create the .xinitrc file in your home > directory. I dont use kde but a quick search on google reveals that > this may work in your case:- > > exec startkde > > Google is definately your friend for this kind of setup question :) After creating the .xinitrc file, what does startx (as a normal user) do? Jud