Re: newbie question - installed X windows of some kind, how do I start the X-windows?
- From: galactus@xxxxxxxx (Arnoud "Galactus" Engelfriet)
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:27:01 +0000 (UTC)
In article <APAsf.977$Nr6.510@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
NotGiven <noname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>The canned packaging I installed was something like X-windows deveoper or
>something like that. Whn I start the server, it comes up to the shell log
>in. I log in as root. How do I then start the X-Windows system?
Log in as a normal user, then type "startx" and you'll get X.
You probably need to configure it first and choose a window
manager (Gnome and KDE are common choices). See
http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html
and the sections after that.
Arnoud
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