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From: Marvin Foster <mefoster@nospam.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help: Newbie looking for advice in starting Xwindow
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 14:30:50 -0500
Organization: Bell Northern Research
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Tong Kiat wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I have just installed my system.  However I don't know how to install
> xwindows.  I don't know what is the command to start it can any please
> tell what it is
> 
> thanks
> tong kiat

I'm not sure if you need help installing and starting or just
starting. Depending on how you installed BSD, X-windows should
have been installed as well. You can verify this by checking for
directories /usr/X11R6/bin, /usr/X11R6/lib, and so forth.

Assuming you have it installed, you must first configure it
using either XF86Setup (VGA mode GUI) or xf86config (text mode).
Either of these programs will produce file /etc/XF86Config.

Assuming you have it configured, start it by executing
/usr/X11R6/bin/startx.