From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 21 12:19:00 2004 Return-Path: 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 B3BFE16A4CE for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:19:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE32C43D4C for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:18:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i8LCIqbK067843 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:18:52 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)i8LCIqiu067842; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:18:52 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:18:52 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: ?ffffc6?ffffdc ?ffffd5?ffffc5 Message-ID: <20040921121852.GA67646@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , ?ffffc6?ffffdc ?ffffd5?ffffc5 , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040920162542.56586.qmail@web15705.mail.cnb.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040920162542.56586.qmail@web15705.mail.cnb.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:18:53 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040904, clamav-milter version 0.75l on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About X-windows X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:19:00 -0000 --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 12:25:42AM +0800, ?ffffc6?ffffdc ?ffffd5?ffffc5 wro= te: > After I started my x-windows, there is just a mesh-like stuff on the > screen.And it will also displays several terminals.However, I can't > see start menu and anything else. I installed my BSD under > Vmware.And my displayer adapter is Mobility Radeon 7500.My laptop is > IBM T40.I want to know is this because of the driver of the display > adapter or anything else. How to solve this problem. Congratulations. You've got the X server running, which is most of the battle. What you need to do now is install a window manager or a desktop environment, which will give you all of the icons and menus and stuff you expect. See http://www.xwinman.org/ for a site that reviews most of the available ones: pretty much all of them should be available from ports -- just install the one you want, and follow the instructions in the documentation for getting it to start up automatically when you start up an X session. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBUBwsiD657aJF7eIRAmfoAKCG943hOV7PNQhVA7PXgEkegzgXkgCdEkas KOHx45JjGw0awvt3Cw9EmqM= =71aO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB--