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Date:      Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:19:45 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=FFffffc6=FFffffdc_=FFffffd5=FFffffc5?= <oalfishwu@yahoo.com.cn>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: About X-windows
Message-ID:  <20040921081945.46bce0b3.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040920162542.56586.qmail@web15705.mail.cnb.yahoo.com>
References:  <20040920162542.56586.qmail@web15705.mail.cnb.yahoo.com>

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=FFffffc6=FFffffdc =FFffffd5=FFffffc5 <oalfishwu@yahoo.com.cn> wrote:

> 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.

Please wrap your lines around 72 characters, see
http://www.lemis.com/questions.html

X is fine, you are using a minimal display manager, which doesn't have
all the fancy features you are looking for.

See this section of the handbook for more information:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html

But what makes you think you'll get a "start" menu in any case?

--=20
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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