I just installed Redhat Linux 9 to play around with it. It booted into the command prompt. How do I make it so that it boots into the GUI, and then on every other boot, boots into the GUI as well (so it temporarily permanantly boots into the GUI).
linux 107 Posting Shark
linux 107 Posting Shark
nevermind about that post. i found the command (startx). but whenever i type it in it types out this HUGE error message and doesnt boot up the gui.
suggestions, solutions?
John A 1,896 Vampirical Lurker Team Colleague
I think to automatically boot into GUI mode, you must set the runlevel to 5. Edit the /etc/inittab file, and you should find a section in the file that describes this.
Also, you may have not installed the right software. You need the X Windowing enviroment, and you might also want KDE Desktop or Gnome. Lack of X will result in no GUI.
linux commented: thanks +1
linux 107 Posting Shark
i have it all figured out... i just selected the wrong video card during installation! i went to redhat and found a fix! now i can boot up into GNOME (which i did install). thanks for your help though.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
if u get the wrong videocard driver or wierd error ever use vi to edit your xf86config or xorg.conf files to select vesa driver
pratheeshh 0 Newbie Poster
how to edit in side of folder, then how to coppy one folder to another one folder in linux cmd mode
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
cd changes directory
e.g
cd /mnt/If you do this
cd ..You will go "up" one ditrectory.
Use cp to copy things from one directory to another. mv works like cut.
e.g
cp /mnt/cdrom/smb.new /etc/samba/smb.conf Be a part of the DaniWeb community
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