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ajoyce
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freeBSD 5.2 help..

I am having troubles getting X to run on 5.2..I think I am missing a step somwhere.. any ideas?? Better yet. how do you get X to run from the command line when it boots up?

02-13-2004 04:54 PM

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1) Welcome to Warp2search.net-forum ajoyce.

2) I have tried almost every famous Linux distro. But never thought using freeBSD . i downloaded FBSD4.8 but never tried it . so cant help you here.

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02-13-2004 05:37 PM

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I imagine that other distro's such as debian or gentoo have the similar issues..still no ideas??

02-13-2004 06:09 PM

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tried gentoo.. but didnt tried X .. Whenever ,i use any distro , i try all things except X like Kde or Gnome . if i wanna try X , i compile XFCE on it cause its fast and looks nice ..

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02-13-2004 06:12 PM

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hmm, ok thanks. Ive looked online to see how to get the GUI to work..but no luck

02-13-2004 06:14 PM

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02-13-2004 09:37 PM

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