Default window manager ? How do i get beautifil window manager

[carrarin]

hey, im a newb. I just installed freebsd on my comp, im sure that during the installation, i installed both gnome and kde.

when i start up my comp, i type startx, and i get this really old looking window manager. I wanted to have something that looked more modern.

What am i doing wrong.

Any help would be appreciated

[carrarin]

maybe im using xdm...
mmmm...

[johnblue]

You may have to tell X Window to call KDE when you run startx. Please review:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x11-wm.html

Or you may want to install PC-BSD:

http://www.pcbsd.org

John

[carrarin]

yeah, i read that. when i did the
make clean install part, it looked like my computer was trying to connect to some ftp servers. I don't have the internet at home. So thats kind of a problem.

Does desktopBSD have a g++ compiler.

[johnblue]

I don't have the internet at home. So thats kind of a problem.Yeah, that does present a challenge. Is an Internet connection not available where you live or does it cost too much?

[carrarin]

costs too much

[carrarin]

isnt gnome on the installation cds. I thought that when i installed fbsd, i saw gnome and kde pkages installed.

[Brandybuck]

If you do not have an .xinitrc or .xsession file, then by default you will be runing the TWM window manager, which is old and boring.

To get KDE, you need to create a .xinitrc file in your home directory. In that file, put in the following one line:

exec startkde

For GNOME, you would put in this line instead:

exec gnome-session