On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> ok maybe I have things messed up here I want to get from the Command prompt
> part of linux to that GUI. I get stuck at the command prompt and want to use
> the GUI that comes with linux mandrake. After I log in as root what commands
> do I type?
>
Ahh...type "startx <any options, such as color depth, etc
go here>" at the command prompt, PREFERABLY as your
"non-priveleged user" that you set up during the install.
(One should NEVER "surf the 'Net" as root for security
reasons!) then open up your Gnome menu (using the "foot"
icon) and select "KDE Utils" and then the rest should go as
indicated previously.
Or, you can just edit your Xclients-default so that it
looks as follows:
exec startkde
You can put this in both the "root" and "user" ~/<home>
directories so that both will use KDE. However, it would be
best to do this as the "user" in the user account and
"root" in your root-user home directory, for "ownership"
reasons.
John
