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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!garlic.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!204.178.176.27!hunter.premier.net!feed1.news.erols.com!tezcat!gail.ripco.com!fred.net!not-for-mail From: mcurry@fred.net ( ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Color Display? Date: 14 Jan 1997 00:22:14 GMT Organization: FredNet - Frederick, Md. Lines: 13 Message-ID: <5bejjm$9p4@news.fred.net> References: <01bbfdf4$ac2b7f80$4a80adcf@riza> NNTP-Posting-Host: bigdog.fred.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33849 Sam Carpenter (carps@calweb.com) wrote: : I have just installed FreeBSD and everything is working fine. But, I am : working in a monochrome display mode and I would like to switch to color. : How do I switch from monochrome to color? Disconnect the monochrome monitor and connect a color monitor. If you have not used FreeBSD before, you may not know that not much is displayed in color, except for backgrounds and stuff, occasionally. The straight OS-interface is muy macho. Install the XFree86 package and you'll have a lot of that old familiar Windows-like GUI and color.