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Problems with startx command
Hello, I just installed netbsd for the first time, ive never used any bsd system before. It boots up fine, i log in with the root username, and since i dont really know how to use the command line interface i try starting the gui with startx command. The screen goes blank for a sec and a little white square with purple dots in it appears in the top right corner with the rest of the screen being black. Ive left it like this for like an hour so it probably isnt just loading. Im hoping someone can help me with this issue, thanks in advance
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Please, don't take this comment as being dismissive, or unwilling to help you
specifically with starting x. All the BSD's have very good documentation. On NetBSD's website or almost any where on the web you should find docs guiding you on fetching iso, install requirements, configuration, package additions, window managers etc. Generally You will have to learn to edit some configuration files to setup the system you want to have. Examples are Window managers, editors, packet filtering, general user software etc. If inerested in learning and using BSD longterm you probably will need to get somwhat knowledgable with command line editing of user and system configuration files. You could also start off with a linux distro that is much easier to learn such -> as "Linux-Lite" See Distro Watch for info on these, where you have access to both gui out of the box and terminal command line interface. systems. I hope this helps..... Last edited by frcc; 27th January 2020 at 01:46 PM. Reason: addition |
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During the installation, did you install the X11 sets?
If yes, what happens if you follow https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en...-configuration?
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