when trying to launch gnome-shell I get this message.
(gnome-shell :1882): Clutter-CRITICAL **: Unable to initialize Clutter: Unable to open display. You have to set the DISPLAY environment variable, or use the --display command line argument+ freebsd
(gnome-shell:75666): mutter-WARNING **: Unable to initalize Clutter
I installed gnome using - pkg install gnome3
Dose anyone have an idea of what I need to do?
Try running export DISPLAY=:0 before starting GNOME.
The command export wasn’t found.
What shell are you running? The error message tells you to set the DISPLAY variable, maybe it’s done differently on FreeBSD?
Yes I installed the image myself.
https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/11.1/
FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
Try
setenv DISPLAY 0
Well it’s an improvement…
(gnome-shell:841): Clutter-CRITICAL **: Unable to initialize Clutter: Unable to open display ‘0’
(gnome-shell:841): mutter-WARNING **: Unable to initialize Clutter.
IIRC out of the box freebsd uses the ctsh/tsh csh/tcsh shell(s).
Do you have a link?
Found it.
Also the default shell is tcsh. (I had them backwards earilier)
Try this
setenv DISPLAY :0
Did literately nothing
Which login manager do you use?
default
You mean gdm?
That’s why I asked the OP which shell was being used 
Did you put:
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
gnome_enable="YES"
gdm_enable="YES"
Into /etc/rc.conf ?
Also, try doing:
pkg install xorg
Also, what graphics card are you using? AMD and Intel drivers in FreeBSD 11.1 don’t support AMD R9-2**+ or Intel 4***+ integrated graphics IIRC.
Yes I have.
GPU: Integrated Intel HD 2000 graphics
MXM 3.0 version: Type A
Tried it on a different PC works fine.
Thanks for all the help though