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08-08-2003, 03:08 PM
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Help!!!!! What do I type to get into Drake's GUI?
I installed Mandrake 9.1 on my laptop, and it won't load the GUI. I login with my username, and it says
[arcticfox@localhost arcticfox]$
What do I type to get into the GUI??
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08-08-2003, 03:48 PM
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startx
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08-08-2003, 04:09 PM
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When I first started to use linux this drove me crazy for about 2 days until a friend of mine finally told me 
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08-08-2003, 05:31 PM
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lol I know the feeling.  jkrohn had to tell me how to do it. | |
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08-08-2003, 06:10 PM
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Thanks! OK, but is their a way to use something other than X? I know I sound like I don't know anything, because I don't. 
EDIT: Oh, I see! So you can type "startkde" to go into KDE, and such. What are the other "start" commands to boot into different environments? I did a full install with everything this time.
Last edited by ArcticFox; 08-08-2003 at 06:27 PM.
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08-09-2003, 12:12 AM
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You can edit /etc/inittab so that the gui is started by default, just change the default runlevel to 5
id:5:initdefault:
You should also be able to startx by typing init 5 into a console
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08-09-2003, 08:42 AM
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Umm, you need to be root to do that, and try using pico or nano if they're installed, they're a bit more newbie friendly than other screen editors (vi/emacs)
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08-09-2003, 10:27 PM
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Well, I'm always logged in as root, if that matters. I'm a little dissapointed with Mandrake 9.1 because it doesn't have drivers for my modem by default (so I need to download them), and my sound doesn't work, requireing another download and compile, which I don't know how to do. When I had 8.1, everything worked the first time, and I'm on my 4th reinstall with this one.
I hope the next version is better.
Last edited by ArcticFox; 08-09-2003 at 10:30 PM.
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08-10-2003, 10:33 AM
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