Hi Kaj ...
... typed "startx" (no quotes), got
xauth: error in locking authority file /root/.Xauthority
... then ...
fatal server error:
. ... etc etc, a bunch of other error messages ... tried again from /root, same
result ..
... on your booting directly approach, I don't know yet how to read a file,
much less edit it ...
... am about as "newbie" as you can get, nothing but windows experience ...
HK
-----Original Message-----
From: Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Feb 15, 2005 2:53 PM
To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com
Subject: Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 20:07, h k ball wrote:
> ... sent this last night, but think to the wrong place
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ...
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>------------------------------------------- so far I have:
>
> (1) made a 2.5 meg Linux Ext2 partition and a .5 meg Linux SWAP
> partition with Partition Magic ...
>
> (2) Using the Mandrake installation disks, got to
> "Congratulations installation is complete!" ... installed about
> 400 meg of files, including KDE, GNOME and associated graphics
> stuff ...
>
> (3) have successfully logged on into what I call the "dos-like"
> mode, been able to use
>
> ls /bin -al |less, |more
> linuxconf
> man man
> cd, su, exit
> Xconfigurator (struggle picking a comparable video card, finally
> found one)
>
> (4) can reboot back and forth between Windows 2000, XP and Linux
> on same machine with no problem, everything still works just fine
> ...
>
> (5) have not been able to get out of the "dos" mode and into the
> "windows" mode, namely KDE ... how do I do that ??????
>
> (6) 700 mHz, 256meg ram, 20 gig hd, Nvidia Vanta video card,
> Intel ...
>
> hk ball
Congratulations and welcome. You did fine.
"DOS" mode is what we call the "CLI", the shell, the konsole, the
terminal etc..
CLI=Command Line Interface. From here you can do everything (well,
almost). For example get to the GUI (Graphical User Interface),
like KDE, Gnome or whatever. Just type :"startx" (without the
quotes).
If you prefer to boot directly into the GUI, just (as root) edit the
file /etc/inittab and change id:3:initdefault: to id:5:initdefault:
That's all.
Kaj Haulrich.
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