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From: mcurry@fred.net ( )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Color Display?
Date: 14 Jan 1997 00:22:14 GMT
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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.