Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 19:17:40 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Fernando =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Apestegu=EDa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> Cc: Rajeev Sharma <rajb366a@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Change to Graphical Mode from DOS Mode Message-ID: <20090408191740.7769beaa.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <1bd550a00904080119m1ab4577fk9f0b444f921c6574@mail.gmail.com> References: <f7e230660904080052y45dcb084m7db0a290c4485490@mail.gmail.com> <1bd550a00904080119m1ab4577fk9f0b444f921c6574@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:19:26 +0200, Fernando Apestegu=EDa <fernando.apestegu= ia@gmail.com> wrote: > FreeBSD is _not_ linux ;) You're right. A german computer magazine wrote that FreeBSD is the better Linux. :-) > > on my PC. But it starts in DOS Mode. >=20 > aka "Console" mode. There is no "DOS mode" in FreeBSD. "Console mode" is correct, as well as "text mode" or even "terminal mode" (last one not used very often). > Once you log in, (use your login name and password), and assuming you > installed some graphical environment, try to type: >=20 > startx Or follow the handbook according to how to install KDE or Gnome which provide the usual means for a full-featured graphical environment. (At this point, I can really recommend reading FreeBSD's excellent documentation in the handbook and in its FAQ, to be found on the main web site.) --=20 Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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