Re: [newbie] Can't get a GUI boot
Thanks guys for that help. I tired yours first, Dennis, since it was simpler at it worked a charm. John I have kept yours on file aswell, just in case. Ciao Gareth Qually www.slowlymakingsmoke.com - Original Message - From: "Gareth Qually" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:22 AM Subject: [newbie] Can't get a GUI boot > This sounds really silly, but when I start Linux, it boots to a text login > not the Gnome environment I origionally had. How do i get it to boot to > Gnome environment again? I am using Mandrake 9.1 on a i86 machine. > > Thanks > > Ciao > > Gareth Qually > > www.slowlymakingsmoke.com > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't get a GUI boot
On Wed, 28 May 2003 10:14:45 + John Drouhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is what ROX-Filer is for! I use fluxbox, which I personally think > is slightly better than Blackbox, but that's just personal preference. > I have a bar on the left side of my screen which lets me put launcher > applications on. Here is how to do it: just type "urpmi rox rox-system > rox-utils", and install the necessary packages. Then, to put a > launcher bar on the left side of the screen, type "rox -l Default". > for the right side - "rox -r Default". You go my ROX brother! -- + Joe Hill (pbs.org/joehill) + Registered Linux user #282046 + See where I sit all day: http://nodex.sytes.net +"The Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; + the point, however is to change it" --Chuck Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't get a GUI boot
On Wed, 28 May 2003 11:37:19 +0200 MARTIN HENDRIK RAD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This makes me think: I've gone through a lot of WM's (but not pekwm) and > I've more or less settled on Blackbox as the best for me. But I would like > to set up a kind of launchbar for a few apps on the desktop to avoid > "rummaging through the menu's". Or even a kind of command line box, maybe > one that remembers recent commands so you can select from a drop-down box. > > Regards, > Hendrik Martin This is what ROX-Filer is for! I use fluxbox, which I personally think is slightly better than Blackbox, but that's just personal preference. I have a bar on the left side of my screen which lets me put launcher applications on. Here is how to do it: just type "urpmi rox rox-system rox-utils", and install the necessary packages. Then, to put a launcher bar on the left side of the screen, type "rox -l Default". for the right side - "rox -r Default". Hope that helps! - John Drouhard -- Wed May 28 10:09:58 UTC 2003 10:09:58 up 45 min, 1 user, load average: 0.20, 0.14, 0.15 - They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Can't get a GUI boot
This makes me think: I've gone through a lot of WM's (but not pekwm) and I've more or less settled on Blackbox as the best for me. But I would like to set up a kind of launchbar for a few apps on the desktop to avoid "rummaging through the menu's". Or even a kind of command line box, maybe one that remembers recent commands so you can select from a drop-down box. Regards, Hendrik Martin > -Original Message- > From: John Drouhard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 27 May 2003 22:32 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Can't get a GUI boot > > On Tue, 27 May 2003 20:20:52 -0500 > Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ya know, when it gets right down to it, a lot of actions are actually > faster > > if you do them on cli and not on a gui. Course you have to know the > commands > > and what files to edit. but even so it looks faster than opening up MCC > etc. > > Ya, I used to use GUI's for almost everything, but I got sick of > rummaging around the menus, clicking on the different buttons, etc. I > then began learning what the GUI's actually did, and began to learn how > to do everything by hand. Everything seems to go faster now. And I am > all for ease of use. > > -John Drouhard > > -- > Tue May 27 20:28:27 UTC 2003 > 20:28:27 up 10:33, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.01, 0.00 > - > They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. > Registered Linux User # 315649 > Registered Machine # 201001 > << File: message.footer >> > Disclaimer: http://www.sabc.co.za/disclaimer/emaildisclaimer.htm <http://www.sabc.co.za/disclaimer/emaildisclaimer.htm> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't get a GUI boot
On Tuesday 27 May 2003 8:19 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > At the login screen, login in to a user, then su to root. After > that, go to /etc and edit the file inittab. Change the default > runlevel to 5 instead of 3 like this: > > # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by Mandrake Linux are: > # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) > # 1 - Single user mode > # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have > networking) # 3 - Full multiuser mode > # 4 - unused > # 5 - X11 > # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) > # > id:5:initdefault: > > Once again, this is the file /etc/inittab > > Hope this helps! > > -John Drouhard This is linux - there's always more than one way to achieve anything Enjoy Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't get a GUI boot
On Tue, 27 May 2003 20:20:52 -0500 Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ya know, when it gets right down to it, a lot of actions are actually faster > if you do them on cli and not on a gui. Course you have to know the commands > and what files to edit. but even so it looks faster than opening up MCC etc. Ya, I used to use GUI's for almost everything, but I got sick of rummaging around the menus, clicking on the different buttons, etc. I then began learning what the GUI's actually did, and began to learn how to do everything by hand. Everything seems to go faster now. And I am all for ease of use. -John Drouhard -- Tue May 27 20:28:27 UTC 2003 20:28:27 up 10:33, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.01, 0.00 - They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't get a GUI boot
On Tuesday 27 May 2003 02:19 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > At the login screen, login in to a user, then su to root. After that, go > to /etc and edit the file inittab. Change the default runlevel to 5 instead > of 3 like this: > > # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by Mandrake Linux are: > # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) > # 1 - Single user mode > # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have > networking) # 3 - Full multiuser mode > # 4 - unused > # 5 - X11 > # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) > # > id:5:initdefault: > > Once again, this is the file /etc/inittab > > Hope this helps! > > -John Drouhard > >Ya know, when it gets right down to it, a lot of actions are actually faster if you do them on cli and not on a gui. Course you have to know the commands and what files to edit. but even so it looks faster than opening up MCC etc. > > On Wed, 28 May 2003 00:22:24 +0100 > > "Gareth Qually" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This sounds really silly, but when I start Linux, it boots to a text > > login not the Gnome environment I origionally had. How do i get it to > > boot to Gnome environment again? I am using Mandrake 9.1 on a i86 > > machine. > > > > Thanks > > > > Ciao > > > > Gareth Qually > > > > www.slowlymakingsmoke.com -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't get a GUI boot
At the login screen, login in to a user, then su to root. After that, go to /etc and edit the file inittab. Change the default runlevel to 5 instead of 3 like this: # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by Mandrake Linux are: # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # 1 - Single user mode # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking) # 3 - Full multiuser mode # 4 - unused # 5 - X11 # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # id:5:initdefault: Once again, this is the file /etc/inittab Hope this helps! -John Drouhard On Wed, 28 May 2003 00:22:24 +0100 "Gareth Qually" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This sounds really silly, but when I start Linux, it boots to a text login > not the Gnome environment I origionally had. How do i get it to boot to > Gnome environment again? I am using Mandrake 9.1 on a i86 machine. > > Thanks > > Ciao > > Gareth Qually > > www.slowlymakingsmoke.com > > > > -- Tue May 27 19:17:39 UTC 2003 19:17:39 up 9:22, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.04, 0.00 - They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't get a GUI boot
On Tuesday 27 May 2003 06:22 pm, Gareth Qually wrote: > This sounds really silly, but when I start Linux, it boots to a text login > not the Gnome environment I origionally had. How do i get it to boot to > Gnome environment again? I am using Mandrake 9.1 on a i86 machine. > > Thanks > > Ciao > > Gareth Qually > > www.slowlymakingsmoke.com Gareth, from the text login type startx and that should take you into your default environment. Then go to the MCC and select "boot" then "drakboot" and mark the box for "launch the graphical environment" You should get your Gnome back then. Be sure to select Gnome at the first login screen. It may say default so tick Gnome just to be sure. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
