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As-Salaam to everyone

I've been a linux user, but decided to move a step further after being motivated by Matthew D.Fuller. I tried installing FreeBSD 7.2, after fiddling with Sysinstall for 15 minutes, FreeBSD was finally installing, taking only 8 minutes! When it restarted, i was confronted by black screen waiting for commands! I tried using --help command and got a bunch of commands that looked a bit familiar. Nevertheless, i was expecting some kind of minimal GUI to get me started. How do i get a GUI, even a minimal one on FreeBSD 7.2, i really would like to start-off with it.
Thanx
 
It's unclear what exactly you've installed. If you got only base system then at first install ports:
# portsnap fetch extract
then run:
pkg_add -r xorg
Then install Gnome:
pkg_add -r gnome2
or KDE:
pkg_add -r kde4
After install run from console:
# ee /etc/rc.conf
and add following lines to /etc/rc.conf:
Code: 
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
gnome_enable="YES" [color="Blue"]## this for Gnome only if you installed it.[/color]
if you installed KDE run:
# ee /etc/ttys
and edit line that starts with "ttyv8" to this:
Code: 
ttyv8  "/usr/local/kde4/bin/kdm -nodaemon"   xterm on secure
Then reboot and open links from above posts: Handbook is a must.
If however you already installed Gnome or KDE anyway edit 2 files as described above and reboot.
 
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