Xorg installation

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(Im VERY new to FreeBSD so pardon the silly questions and horrible mistakes im about to make.)

after successfully installing the system on VMware and mucking around with shell for a couple of hours I decided to try and install Xorg. But after a 3 hour installation ( yeah 3 hours) none of the configuration or start commands seem to work .
is it possible in install X directly on the system or do I have to get some other stuff ?
and in general how do I get a GUI on to freebsd .

PS: ive read and followed the handbook
 
Nope . doesn’t seem to fix my problem .
To be honest im not even sure the installation didn't fail .
 
You need give more information about your current problem: logs with error output for debbuging. Describe the environment in which it occurs (machine, OS, application, hardware, whatever).

Be more explicit.
 
Both startx and xorg give me a black screen no warnings no anything .
Im running freebsd9-amd64 of VMware on opensuse.
It seems to have installed incorrectly but I’ve just reinstalled it again and the problem persists . (also the install time is 3 hours despite having access to 2 gigs of ram )
 
Also if I try to install DKE package qt4-doc.4.7.4 tbz doesn’t complete the download.
 
I'v downloaded the package manually but I still get stuck on other packages ……. each KDE install takes more than an hour (im running 2 of them of different VM) .

Im guessing it’s not always this cumbersome to get a desktop environment onto BSD.
 
Good news everybody !I’ve gotten bsd to work =) After a wooing 3H install it finally works .
thanks everyone . ill bee seeing you soon
 
zh said:
Good news everybody !I’ve gotten bsd to work =) After a wooing 3H install it finally works .
thanks everyone . ill bee seeing you soon
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Congrats. Welcome to the system :e
 
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