Mike's Hotmail Account wrote: > I am trying to install freebsd on my m-2625u gateway laptop but am running > into trouble. whe I try to start x all I get is a black screen. I would try > to configure the xorg file but I have no idea what my screen specs are. I > know these questions are dumb but im kind of new to bsd. > Please read the relevant Handbook section, 5.4.2:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html To start a desktop like Gnome or KDE you will have to install the relevant packages and create an .xinitrc file. Please see section 5.7: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x11-wm.html and also the FreeBSD web pages. For example, for Gnome see here: http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
