a quick question ...

[Tom Vilot]

Andrei, it sounds to me like you have fvwm installed as your window 
manager / desktop.

Install KDE or GNOME or WindowMaker or something useful, and you will 
have a bit more luck.

As root (before you bother with startx), try this:

pkg_add -r windowmaker

Then, edit your .xinitrc file (in your /root directory) to contain the 
following line:

wmaker

Then, try startx.

I suggest WindowMaker because it is fairly lightweight, will not take a 
long time to install, and will give you the base functionality of a GUI 
without requiring you to do a lot of work.

Also, it is my window manager of choice :c)

>Hi, my name is Andrei and I have recently purchased FreeBSD from BSDMall and 
>I ran into few problems. I am a windows user but i have some experince in 
>Linux BUT, I got rid of my windows machine and installed FreeBDS. After the 
>install for some reason i log into root and i use the startx command since i 
>get no GUI interface and i get 3 pannels (light green bar and white 
>background and a clock at the top (it looks like a 16 bit OS or something). 
>Can you tell me what could be wrong ... any help will be apreciated. (i am 
>gladly getting rid of windows and i am probably not give up easily that is 
>why i would like some help) ... Thank you for the time taken to read my 
>email and helping me. My system is 3.06Ghz intel, all in wonder ati 9700 
>pro, 200Gb WD, 1Gb ram, cd-rw 52x24x52, dvd-rw 4x2x32, sound blaster audigy 
>2. 
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