Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 08:48:47 -0500 From: "Randy Dawson" <dnasoc@swbell.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Fw: help please Message-ID: <002901c56067$4fc44d10$6501a8c0@dawson6dr3ohvp>
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> On 5/23/05, Paul B. <pblake4@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I just installed freebsd (may 23, 2005) and when i start up my pc it > goes to a text screen (which i know it is s'posed to do) but how do you go > to the graphics side of freebsd where it looks like (this is a bad example) > windows and you can click on things? > > > > I am running > > i386 > > 5.4 release > > Sincerely, > > Paul > > pblake4@gmail.com > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html > > -p > -- > ~~o0OO0o~~ > Pete Wright > www.nycbug.org > NYC's *BSD User Group > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Login as root > run xorgconfig > it writes a test file /root/xorg.conf.new > to test: > X-xf86config /root/xorg.conf.new > You should get a graphics screen, and a mouse pointer > exit with: > <ctrl> <alt> backspace > if it all works, copy /root/xorg.conf.new to /etc/x11/xorg.conf > now set up x to start with KDE: > echo "exec startkde" >~/.xinitrc > rin the environment with: > startx >
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