Re: First time installation - 5.2 (Partially solved)

[Stephen Liu]

Hi Robert

Thanks for your advice.

Problem is now half-solved.  X window starts

XF86Config.new was found under super 'ROOT'. 

Steps taken as follows;

1) copied 'XF86Config.new' to '/etc/X11/' and renamed it as 'XF86Config'
2) # startx
Xterm window popup and mouse works
3) # ee /etc/rc.conf
adding
XSESSION="kde-3"
DISPLAYMANAGER=xdm
(remark: also tried '=kdm')
4) Rebooted PC
GUI login could not popup.  PC still starts at 'INIT 3', I suppose
5)
# which kde
# whereis kde
# locate kde
could not find it.  No printout.
Kindly advise how to check whether KDE and GNOME have been installed.  
If 'NOT' how to  download and install them from FreeBSD website

(Remark:  I installed FreeBSD 5.2 from CD1)

TIA

Robert Huff wrote:

- snip -

After booting I can login it as 'root' without password.  I wonder 
whether it is 'root' or Super 'ROOT'
   

On the scale of bad ideas, this is one of the top - no, it _is_
the top one.  Fix this _immediately_; you will find information in
the Handbook and the FAQ.
Noted with thanks

B.R.
Stephen
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First time installation - 5.2

[Stephen Liu]

Hi all folks,

This is my first time installing UNIX - FreeBSD 5.2

Harward
- Graphic card - Creative Graphic Blaster RiVA-TNT
- One IDE ATA-hard disc - connected to ATA controller
(Entire disc for FreeBSD)
- 2 ethernet cards, Realtek
- USB mouse - 3 buttons, wheel
- CDRom - secondary slave
- CDWriter - secondary master
- 101 keyboard
Installing media - CD1

Installation went through without complaint with auto-partitioning.  
Coming to X configuration, no USB mouse driver was available for 
selection compelled to select PS/2 mouse instead.  It did ask for 
selecting video card driver and rebooted automatically.  X window 
started but I have no idea which mode it was.  Mouse did not work.  The 
screen pop-up with a mouse pad/key pad and a small XFConfig diagram.  I 
have no problem to navigate the mouse with key pad, highlight the item 
but could not select it.  'Enter' key did not function.  Finally I 
pressed a hard-reboot to restart the PC.  PC restarted going straight to 
text mode with login popup.  I entered 'root' and then 'startx'.  This 
time  X window could not start.

Kindly advise how to fix it.

TIA.

B.R.
Stephen Liu
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