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NVIDIA driver After starting my PC to try the suggested commands to install the NVIDIA driver that I downloaded to my desktop, I discovered that the resolution was 1600x1200 instead of 800x600 even though I did nothing that I am aware of to install the NVIDIA driver. Can anybody explain that...

[ thread created from posts in unrelated topics - DD ] I downloaded NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86_64-304.64.tar.gz to my desktop, then extracted it to the desktop, but I can't find out how to install it. Please help. Please tell me how to install NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86_64-304.64.tar.gz which I...

Logged in as root, I entered the first four commands suggested by SI_KH, and nothing happened. No response. Then I entered the onestart commands for dbus, hald, and gdm. Then a green login window opened, but nothing would respond, so I pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del. Then the system rebooted into a...

SI_KH seems to have given me the first good answer, but I haven't tried it yet. I'm not a geek, or educated in computer programming. This is not a hobby for me. I'm not having fun. It's a tedious bore. I simply want a system that works like Windows 2000, but up to date for internet use...

How do I put gnome_enable="YES" into /etc/rc.conf so that gnome will start at system boot? Please inform me exactly how I should type the command. When I restarted my PC, gnome wouldn't start, so I entered /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbus onestart, then, avahi, hald, and gdm, then gnome started...

Thanks, but this is confusing. When I enter gnome_enable="YES", it states "Command not found". When I entered /etc/rc.conf, it states "Permission denied", and I was logged in as root. When I entered /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbus start, it stated "Cannot 'start' dbus. Set dbus-enable to YES in...

I installed FreeBSD-9.0-amd64-dvd1.iso, including every package on the DVD, which includes GNOME and FIREFOX, but when I start FreeBSD and login, all I get is a command line starting with #. Why doesn't the GUI open?