Derek,
Do an su -
type setup
choose Xconfigurator
You'll need to know some things about the actual hardware, but nothing
much else.
Choose the default for color depth, BTW.
Exit the setup program.
exit su
type startx
That should give you your first look at X.
When you exit X, you'll go back to the command prompt.
In the future, you can choose to start X in a number of
ways...
1) have folks type startx
2) as root, type xdm
3) as root, type init 5
4) set the boot run level to level 5
Contrary to what everyone else will tell you, don't do number 4.
You can always log in as root and do either of 2 or 3, but if you
have a problem with X, you can have problems with getting to mode
3 or 1. If you are REALLY cautious, set your boot run level at
1, check the machine out after it boots to that step (which does
NOT include networking), type init 3, login as root, check the
machine out there, and then go to init 5.
BTW, you really should edit the resulting configuration file to
adjust the memory for the video card to the appropriate number,
but that's another question
HTH
Bill Ward
-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Rader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 8:43 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Booting For First Time: NEWBIE
>Hey Derek,
>
> I'm pretty much a newbie too, don't worry. There are several ways the
>way I'll recomend is to run setup in either /usr/sbin/ or /usr/bin/ I
>forget which. You must be in root. type setup. Select "XFree68 setup"
FROM DEREK:
When I do this I get "Pick a Tool" an dno XFree68 option.
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