Fresh Installation Of FreeBSD 11.2--Mate Not Working Properly

[B J]

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>> In other words, I did nearly everything right this past weekend based
>> on what worked before.  But there might have been some extra things
>> that needed to be done and that's what I missed.
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> Correct.

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I found the following after an Internet search:

https://blog.frederic2ec.tk/20180925/installer-une-freebsd-112-avec-mate

https://jacekkowalczyk.wordpress.com/2018/11/23/how-to-install-and-configure-freebsd-11-2/

I installed my system directly onto the hard drive, so I didn't use
VirtualBox.  In addition, it appears that bash was installed already.

Others than that, my installation was much the same as those two
examples.  I didn't add anything for things like a printer.

I still don't get the full default Mate desktop as there are no icons
for the computer, my home directory, or, for that matter, Trash.  i
remain baffled.

BMJ