On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Paul Brandariz x6546 wrote:
> David Talkington wrote:
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> > If I may interject ... for the newbie, "startx" is a lot safer than
> > editing inittab ... !
>
> I do not know how RH 6.2 will behave but last time I used
> "startx" I got an xterm with no window decorations and no ability to
> move the window around. This could make a newbie say that Linux
> sucks.
>
Strange - every stock install of RedHat I have done that had X
configured at all would start a window manager when you used startx.
The only way you get the xterm is if none of the standard window
managers is installed in the standard place.
>
> I knew I had to start a window manager so fixing this was not
> difficult for me, but for a newbie it would be daunting since they
> would need to know what a window manager is and how to configure a
> .xinitrc file to start it. Then figuring out which environment they
> prefer gnome or KDE and configuring the system as such.
>
The stock install will bring up Gnome or KDE.
>
> So, Yes it is a lot safer, but it might not get him what he wants...
>
> The inittab issue is in Chapter 2 of the RH guides as I recall.
> It also explains how to avert a disaster after editing the file.
>
> His problem arose from not looking 3 times when installing the
> RH 6.2 version and seeing the checkbox for enabling the graphical
> user interface login, but I digress...
>
> I hope he was able to solve his problem in any way he saw fit.
>
>
Mikkel
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