I'd have an idea it's an window manager you are looking for, I'd assume 
that is correct for my reply. It's the part of X that gives you the 
windows, starting the programs at startup etc. Please note that the 
window manager belongs to the server.

You got an terminal, I'd assume you got an green screen with a clock and 
three terminals, and a mouse marker you could move around. If so, you 
are got an correct setup of X, and you may go ahead and install another 
window manager. Maybe the desktop has got a little too big, in that 
case, try to move the mouse out of the screen, maybe the desktop will 
scroll.

First, the window manager has to be installed by the usual pkgsrc way, 
select one and install it. Thereafter X have to be altered to use the 
new WM. You may copy /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to your home dir and rename 
it .xinitrc . X will look in your home dir first, and if .xinitrc is 
found, that one will be used. Now, look into .xinitrc, and at the bottom 
you will find a line conaining "twm &", which is the twm WM. I'd got 
Gnome, and the twm line and the xterm and xclock are remmed out ( # 
first letter of comment line ) and "gnome-session" are added as the last 
line.

Hope it helps.
Cincerely, Sigmund

mactabilis wrote:
> I just dont seem to have any idear how to install a desktop enviroment i hae
> followed a few tutorials but the directorys where not there,I have basicly
> installed netbsd and rebooted now im just puzzeld about getting a
> desktop,Startx gives me a terminal and thats about it .