New to Free-BSD with questions.
New to Free-BSD. Downloaded a current ISO image and burned it to a DVD. System boots from DVD to command line mode. Questions are: A.) Is Xwindows, (X11) included on the DVD copy? B.) If included, what command is used to start it? C.) What shell is installed as the standard shell in command line mode? D.) Is there a site that I can download a complete copy of the documentation for Free-BSD, as one file and not a series/set of separate files? Thank you for your assistance. Ms. R. Olivarez (E-mail: r_oliva...@juno.com One Weird Trick Could add $1,000s to Your Social Security Checks! See if you Qualify#8230 http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/52060f091e983f0837bbst04vuc ___ 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
Re: New to Free-BSD with questions.
On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:58:07 GMT, r_oliva...@juno.com wrote: New to Free-BSD. Downloaded a current ISO image and burned it to a DVD. System boots from DVD to command line mode. It should boot into a text mode installer. After installation, FreeBSD usually boots into a text mode (depending on what has been installed and configured already). Questions are: A.) Is Xwindows, (X11) included on the DVD copy? If I remember correctly, the required packages are part of the DVD #1. If you are already connected to the Internet, you can use that medium as installation source. Just a side note: PC-BSD, a system derived from FreeBSD, offers a graphical installer and a more tight integration with GUI-centric concepts (installs X automatically and even brings a desktop environment preinstalled). B.) If included, what command is used to start it? It depends. If you want to start X from a regular login shell, startx is used. But a display manager which maintains a GUI login (like xdm) can also be used. See the handbook for more details: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-install.html And don't miss the excellent FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/ C.) What shell is installed as the standard shell in command line mode? FreeBSD's default dialog shell is the C Shell (more precisely, the tcsh). The command shell in single user mode (maintenance mode) is a plain Bourne-alike shell (sh), which is also the systems default scripting shell. You can install shells like ksh, zsh and bash if you like. D.) Is there a site that I can download a complete copy of the documentation for Free-BSD, as one file and not a series/set of separate files? Not that I know of, because the documentation on the web is primarily for use with a web browser, that's why it's hierarchically designed and separated. However, the documentation is part of the FreeBSD installation, and you can generate PS and PDF book, as _one_ (voluminous) file, from them (even though I've never tried that). You can use a tool like wget to download a copy of the web documentation for offline use (keeping the mentioned separation). The web pages contain a Split HTML and Single HTML option, so you could maybe simply save this web page http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html for the FAQ, and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.html for The FreeBSD Handbook, but it might be unhandy for printing. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ 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
Re: New to Free-BSD with questions.
On 10/08/2013 10:58, r_oliva...@juno.com wrote: New to Free-BSD. Downloaded a current ISO image and burned it to a DVD. System boots from DVD to command line mode. Questions are: A.) Is Xwindows, (X11) included on the DVD copy? That's X, X11, Xorg or the X-Window System. Yeah, kind-of but you've probably downloaded the base version that expects you to be using it from the command line unless you compile or add X later. B.) If included, what command is used to start it? startx C.) What shell is installed as the standard shell in command line mode? tcsh - basically the standard Bourne shell unless you specified a different one when you created the user. You can switch to csh easily enough (type csh) or you can can add any other shell you like from the ports collection. D.) Is there a site that I can download a complete copy of the documentation for Free-BSD, as one file and not a series/set of separate files? You probably want to read this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ Or if you want the whole thing at once try this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.html However, you'll get a lot of specific information for the man pages that come with it. There's an install option (new at 9.0?) to include documentation but I've never made use of it myself. However, if you're wanting a quick-start version of a FreeBSD with a graphical shell and looking more like a Windoze desktop try this one: http://www.pcbsd.org/ Regards, Frank. ___ 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
Re: New to Free-BSD with questions.
On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:58:07 GMT r_oliva...@juno.com r_oliva...@juno.com wrote: New to Free-BSD. Downloaded a current ISO image and burned it to a DVD. System boots from DVD to command line mode. Questions are: A.) Is Xwindows, (X11) included on the DVD copy? Yes, included. B.) If included, what command is used to start it? It's included, but not installed. After boot under command line mode, login as root and type '#pkg_add -r xorg' (without quotes). When install ends, you can use startx or xinit to enter X mode. The default wm is a bit rude, install the one you want, f.ex. '#pkg_add -r kde4', '#pkg_add -r gnome2', '#pkg_add -r xfce4'. After install use '#rehash ' and/or '#hash -r'. Start each wm using proper command, startkde4, startxfluxbox, check docs or sail the web for that. C.) What shell is installed as the standard shell in command line mode? Plain sh. Minimal, standard, works, rocks. D.) Is there a site that I can download a complete copy of the documentation for Free-BSD, as one file and not a series/set of separate files? The handbook has single html mode. Thank you for your assistance. Ms. R. Olivarez (E-mail: r_oliva...@juno.com HTH --- --- Eduardo Morras emorr...@yahoo.es ___ 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
Re: New to Free-BSD with questions.
On Sat, 10 Aug 2013, r_oliva...@juno.com wrote: D.) Is there a site that I can download a complete copy of the documentation for Free-BSD, as one file and not a series/set of separate files? ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ has the Handbook in compressed files for download. Several formats are available, including single and split HTML, PDF, and others. Many people just read the online version at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html Translated versions are also available. ___ 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
