On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:18:05 -0800 (PST) Evans Durandisse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am brand new to unix. I m a beginner student in computer > engineering. I wanted to install freeBSD since there's such a fuss > about it. I got the iso images and mounted them on a CD with Alcohol > 120. I installed freebsd without much configuration. I answered 'no' > when asked to configure things what could be configured later. But I > do not know if I installed it right, eventhough I tried to follow the > instructions from the handbook. When I open my computer, after > installation, there's the screen that asked if I want to start > freebsd or dos. So I choose freebsd. Then, I logged in and typed > 'startx' to start the gui (that's what I should do! right!). > Consequently, it'd been loaded. I am just seeing four comand shells. > That's all I can see! No taskbars! No background picture (greying > grinded dots: like pixels in a low definition image). There're just > four squared box (shell). My mouse worked! But there's nothing it can > be used for. I tried to work myself over that by typing some > commands. But I don't know that much of the Unix language; so it's > been to no avail! So my question is should I get this kind of graphic > environment? or something missing in the installation. You need to install a window manager. -- | /"\ ASCII ribbon | GnuPG Key ID | e86d b753 3deb e749 6c3a | | \ / campaign against | 0xbbcaad24 | 5706 1f7d 6cfd bbca ad24 | | X HTML in email | .the next sentence is true. | | / \ and news | .the previous sentence was a lie. |
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