I've installed FreeBSD 9 now for the first time. After the basic installation was ready, I logged in as root and done this:
Then I saw probably a bit too late in the handbook, that I have to configure X first.
So I've added this to /etc/rc.conf:
After the reboot my mouse and keyboard are working without problems.
Then I've done:
[cmd=]startx[/cmd]
And X started without problems (opened three graphical windows)
So, my question is, what should I do next? Should I configure X more like described here http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html or should I configure gnome2 now? (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html)
pkg_add -r xorg
pkg_add -r gnome2
Then I saw probably a bit too late in the handbook, that I have to configure X first.
So I've added this to /etc/rc.conf:
Code:
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
After the reboot my mouse and keyboard are working without problems.
Then I've done:
[cmd=]startx[/cmd]
And X started without problems (opened three graphical windows)
So, my question is, what should I do next? Should I configure X more like described here http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html or should I configure gnome2 now? (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html)