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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
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>
> 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
>