--On Friday, June 12, 2009 12:12:36 -0500 n...@pettefar.com wrote:
Nowhere up to that point in the Installation chapter and process (I
didn't need to have said) did it mention X.
What is the point of having a step-by-step installation manual which
then concludes with "If the X server has been configured and a Default
Desktop chosen, it can be started by typing startx at the command
line." when up to that point it hasn't mentioned X!? Mentioning it
three chapters later is not really very helpful to people struggling
to get the thing installed step-by-step!
Step-by-step guides are difficult to write, especially be people that
know a lot about the subject beforehand as details tend to get glossed
over.
When it doesn't work (as has happened to me) and you have to Ctrl-Alt-
Del then you are left feeling lost and confused - a bit like Linux ten
years ago. (OpenSuse installed and worked graphically perfect).
Shouldn't there be an X configuration stage in the installation process?
That's probably not a bad idea, so long as it's optional. (I don't want X on
my servers.) However, another point that I think is worthwhile is that some
verbiage should be added to that section to point to Section 5, which explains
how to setup Xorg.
So perhaps change this:
"If the X server has been configured and a Default Desktop chosen, it can be
started by typing startx at the command line."
To this:
""If the X server has been configured and a Default Desktop chosen, it can be
started by typing startx at the command line. NOTE: If you have not yet
installed and configured Xorg (it is not the default), refer to chapter 5 of
the Handbook for instructions."
Please don't top post. It's confusing as hell.
--
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
are my own and not those of my employer.
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