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hnugz:
I don't know whether I installed a GUI or not, I figured it was on by default.  Right now after I tell it to boot linux I get a prompt that says "hnugz login:"

So I put in "hnugz" and my password and then I get the line "[hnugz@hnugz hnugz]$"

What is this?  How do I get out of this?

Calum:
it's a command prompt. From here you can do anything that you can usually do in a terminal. To run the GUI, if you have it installed, type "startx" when you see the prompt "$" okay?

You can set it up so you can get the GUI by default, and you then can get six different terminals by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 through to Ctrl-Alt-F6, and Ctrl-Alt-F7 will be the GUI, i think. can't remember how to get it to go automatically at startup, you have to put the command in one of yr startup scripts, anyway, startx should do for now. If it doesn't work then either your video card is not installed right, or XFree86 is not installed right.

[ June 12, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]

hnugz:
OK, that started it but then it said "Could not find internet address hnugz for Gnome"  What kind of problems is this going to cause?

Calum:
that's a new one on me i'm afraid! is it causing an actual problem? i'm sure someone will be along to tell you what it's all about, 'cos i'm afraid i haven't a clue! is it stopping you connecting to the internet? I suspect it's some sort of local/remote machine mixup, and that the actual error message may be a bit misleading, but as i say, i haven't heard of that one before...

hnugz:
OK, well I can connect to the internet.  It might be something with networking then.  Guess I'll find out when I figure out how to access the other comps on the network.  I've got a loooong night of screwin with linux ahead of me.  Thanks for the info.

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