Re: <newbie> FreeBSD only boots to text display
- From: Steve P <no@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:37:12 +0000
RL wrote:
wackedondrugs wrote:I am new to BSD and thought that I had completed my first install but upon the final reboot the system boots to a text display instead of the Gnome desktop that I thought that I had chosen during the install. Can anyone point me in the right direction to fix this?
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If
you're looking for a GUI on boot, then I believe you need to set up XDM or similar...
Some people consider this to be the joy of working with BSD as they have total 100% control over their systems. The cruft kept to a minimum.
install OS, compile applications, install applications, configure applications, run applications then repeat for window manager, office suite, web browser, mail client etc etc
Others not used to this consider it a royal PITA. There is a project that is running that has done alot of the hard work for you. DesktopBSD, have a look, might be more what you are looking for. It has freebsd under the hood but benefits from an easy installer and KDE and GUI tools installed by default for a usable desktop environment.
Steve P
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