GUI in Live CD?
some rss feed advertised dragonFly. so I burned a liveCD (64 bit stable) the documentation on this is sparse so... is there ANY GUI build into the LiveCD? if so how the heck do I invoke it? read the FAQ, some of the docs, i have no clue tried startx xdm,kdm,gui x11. x11.org = no joy __ compared to experts I'm a novice am A+ only programming basic, escape codes did own and love my C64! (with the Amiga references here that should count for something) cmd line ok in windows, very little cli in linux (I dual boot ubuntu) I'll be very disappointed if there is no gui built in because I'm using a laptop (compaq CQ62). on wifi. so with a gui i can see if the wifi works. i don't ever want to deal with that fwcutter nonsense again! I see some commands to 89d/l? install?) x managers in DragonFly. so I'd have to drag my laptop to a landline (ethernet port) to install a gui to even see if I have wifi in dragonFly? thanks in advance - Bob bgold2...@gmail.com ps if there is no x in the livecd you should add this to your disadvantages doc in comparison with linux!
Re: GUI in Live CD?
Just boot normally with default kernel and login as root (without password) and just type 'startx' and you would see fvwm working. On 2/26/12, Bob Gold bgold2...@gmail.com wrote: some rss feed advertised dragonFly. so I burned a liveCD (64 bit stable) the documentation on this is sparse so... is there ANY GUI build into the LiveCD? if so how the heck do I invoke it? read the FAQ, some of the docs, i have no clue tried startx xdm,kdm,gui x11. x11.org = no joy __ compared to experts I'm a novice am A+ only programming basic, escape codes did own and love my C64! (with the Amiga references here that should count for something) cmd line ok in windows, very little cli in linux (I dual boot ubuntu) I'll be very disappointed if there is no gui built in because I'm using a laptop (compaq CQ62). on wifi. so with a gui i can see if the wifi works. i don't ever want to deal with that fwcutter nonsense again! I see some commands to 89d/l? install?) x managers in DragonFly. so I'd have to drag my laptop to a landline (ethernet port) to install a gui to even see if I have wifi in dragonFly? thanks in advance - Bob bgold2...@gmail.com ps if there is no x in the livecd you should add this to your disadvantages doc in comparison with linux!
Re: GUI in Live CD?
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Bob Gold bgold2...@gmail.com wrote: some rss feed advertised dragonFly. so I burned a liveCD (64 bit stable) the documentation on this is sparse so... is there ANY GUI build into the LiveCD? if so how the heck do I invoke it? If the liveCD file you used had 'gui' in the name, 'startx' should work. If it didn't have it, which I suspect it did not, you grabbed an image that did not come with X installed. Following the FreeBSD handbook section on wireless networking should work out for your wireless setup. Be ready for some fiddling to get this working; it's not streamlined like Ubuntu, but it will reward patient effort.
