Just installed FreeBSD

[Ean Kingston]

>>
>> Katsuki Hirata wrote:
>> > Hi, I just installed FreeBSD and I have no clue how to
>> > run it. I'm sure it's installed right. When I boot,
>> > and after loginging with both root and/or another
>> > username, I don't know what to do from there on. How
>> > do I get gnome or KDE on? Is it supposed to be a
>> > graphical thing like Windows or Redhat linux? what's
>> > the command to load the operating system

Hi,

Sorry to but into the middle of this conversation but people appear to be
giving you a lot of advice that will take quite a while to understand and
implement. Some of that advice is good but it doesn't really get you where
you want to be. If you haven't done so yet, try this:

Login as root

run 'pkg_add -r kde' from the command line

edit /etc/ttys (with ee or whatever editor you like.

Look for the line that looks like this:

ttyv8   "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   off secure

and change the word 'off' to 'on'. Then save the file.

Now, reboot your system.


You should find that you now have a graphical user interface and when you
log in, you are running kde.

If you don't find kde running when you log in. Do this:

Log in as the user you want to be able to run KDE and edit the file
'.xsession'. Put 'exec /usr/local/bin/startkde' at the top of that that
file and save it. Then, log out and log back in again.

That got the job done. Now the fun part is figuring out what else you can
do . That is where a lot of the other advice is going to come in handy.

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