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just installed red hat...already lost

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choasforages:
hmmm, you want to start up with a gui i haer, this should work, ok, there is a file in the /etc folder called inittab

if you open it with a rooted text editor, there should be a line

id:3:initdefault

change that 3 to a 5, and the computer should start up in graphical login manager mode,, probably gdm, i hope that this helps abit

sporkme:
congrats on choosing linux

i promise it is easier after a few days

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

Ice-9:
Actually it doesn't get easier after a few days.Because the longer you use Linux, the more you want to do and the more things get complicated.   ;)  
I just installed the latest NVidia driver and was amazed how many "situations" I ran into, but everything is nice now    

That's when you realize what M$ is really doing to you, point-click, point-click, don't think about what you're doing, we're thinking for you!

Linux sure is refreshing and challenging, it's been a few days now since I last booted into Win2K and I feel good about it.

[ June 12, 2002: Message edited by: Ice9 ]

slave:
Linux will never work on the desktop; it's missing too many things like an easy GUI software installer, and the only worthwhile Linux GUI's (kde and gnome) are way too slow.  Gnome doesn't even have AA fonts, and KDE just got them straightened out.  Besides, the GNOME and KDE projects are each working on the same thing, trying to build a separate but similar UI and application framework; how stupid is that?Plus, what good is Linux when Microsoft Frontpage isn't available for it?  If you want to use "UNIX" in a friendly way, just use a Mac.  Linux will only be for servers; companies aren't even investing at all in any "linux-on-the-desktop" endeavours, anyway.  If you want to use Linux as your desktop OS, that's fine, but only if you don't mind being hampered by esoteric config programs, an ugly, slow and ineffecient GUI, and sketchy font support.

hnugz:
Hmmm the line was already set to 5, is there any other way to start in graphical mode?  Also, when i try to log in as root, it says something like [root hnugz@root]$, at least i think that's it.  Am I really logged in as the root user?

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