Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 09:29:03 -0500 From: "Kliment Andreev" <klimenta@futurebit.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Two unrelated questions Message-ID: <005501c3d461$7024ec10$ca0110ac@vinyl.tkvbp.com> References: <000201c3d45f$41053db0$6501a8c0@carson>
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> 2) I have installed freebsd 4.9 on my Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop, when I > try to configure XFree86 I have to use the text based tool. After doing > that, when I run startx I get a grainy desktop that almost covers my screen, > but not quite, and has only a clock window, a login window, and an xterm > window, and nothing else. Where am I going wrong? You didn't install some of the window managers. Log as root and # cd /stand # ./sysinstall Choose Post-Configure XFree86 or something and install KDE, Gnome or something similar. # rehash # startx It should work...
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