RE: First Time User

From: Tim Gebhardt (freebsd_at_gebhardtcomputing.com)
Date: 05/25/04

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    To: "'allegros2'" <allegro@megahydrogen.com>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 16:53:51 -0500

    If you installed XWindows and selected a windows manager during install, try
    typing "startx" (no quotes).

    Tim Gebhardt
    President
    CSS/ACM - DePaul University
    FreeBSD@gebhardtcomputing.com
    --Without C we would only have BASI, OBOL, and PASAL--

    >>>-----Original Message-----
    >>>From: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
    >>>newbies@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of allegros2
    >>>Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 4:09 PM
    >>>To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
    >>>Subject: First Time User
    >>>
    >>>I have installed FreeBSD from CD; I boot to it via a BM from
    >>>Paragon. It boots to Login: then after I lof=g in, I get a
    >>>promtp$. Why am I in textmode? how do I get a GUI? Thanks
    >>>F
    >>>
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