Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:41:15 +0000 From: Danny Butroyd <danny.butroyd@globalmedia-webmarketing.com> To: Benjamin Sher <delphi123@zebra.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using boot manager with FreeBSD and Windows Message-ID: <44201E9B.6070503@globalmedia-webmarketing.com> In-Reply-To: <44201CAA.4000508@zebra.net> References: <44201195.6040307@zebra.net> <1142954306.17090.257155784@webmail.messagingengine.com> <44201CAA.4000508@zebra.net>
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Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear Jud and friends: > > OK, I finally figured out how to make OSL2000 work. In scanning all > bootable partitions, it lists FreeBSD as two partitions: the 512 MB > /boot partition (name unknown) and the FreeBSD 37 GB partition. It > will not boot FreeBSD from the FreeBSD partition but, after changing > the mode to swap, it booted at last directly into FreeBSD with the > command "startx". I first saw during bootup that it said that I named > "localhost" (for Mindspring) incorrectly. At any way, I was pretty > disheartened when I finally arrived in FreeBSD. What I saw were two > rectangular screens (with green edges): the one on the left said: > "login", the one on the right said: "xterm". Plus a tiny clock in the > upper corner. I feel completely lost. Where is KDE? What command > should I use to get into KDE or to access the Internet? You probably need to edit/create the .xinitrc file in your home directory. I dont use kde but a quick search on google reveals that this may work in your case:- exec startkde Google is definately your friend for this kind of setup question :) Danny
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