How to start desktop environment (was Re: ....)

[Roland Smith]

On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 09:49:49PM +0200, * ** wrote:
>  Hello.

First of all, try to make a better subject line next time.

>  im trying to install freebsd on my computer, but when the installation
>  is finish and i should login. i type in my account name and password.
>  byt then i only get to something that looks lika
>  a terminal (i use linux now and it looks the same like
>  a terminal there) but ofcourse i would lika it to look like a
>  regular desktop with gnome ore kde, but i dont know
>  what im doing wrong. i hope you can helt me.
>  sorry aboyut my english, but im swedish.  =)

You did not do anything wrong. FreeBSD doesn't start with a desktop
environment by default.

You should read § 5.7 of the FreeBSD manual. It's available as
/usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html or on the
FreeBSD website http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/
That section explains how to boot into a desktop environment by default.

Roland
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