Im doing this step on my freebsd 11.1 laptop after some search on the net.
- login as root
- pkg install Xorg
- pkg install mate
- pkg install slim
- edit /etc/rc.conf and add following lines if not exist
- hald_enable=”YES”
- dbus_enable=”YES”
- slim_enable=”YES”
- moused_enable=”YES”
- create .xinitrc file on home directory
- exec mate-session
- reboot and login
Done