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nsmcfred 03-20-2007 02:40 PM
Help getting to GUI
 
I have a user name and password on linux server, but it opens up a command prompt. How do I get to a GUI? I have tried 'start kde' but I just get and error.

johngreenwood 03-20-2007 02:46 PM
Welcome..

What is this error you speak of?
What distro are you using also?

b0uncer 03-20-2007 02:53 PM
Error is produced because there is no such command as start or if there is, it doesn't understand what the argument kde means. Instead, try

Code:
startx
or
Code:
xinit
and see if that helps. If any error messages are produced, post the relevant information here for more help.

nsmcfred 03-20-2007 02:59 PM
Gui
 
This is the error with both commands 'startx' and 'xinit'

[lisadmin@shmmam0 lisadmin]$ xinit

Fatal server error:
PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server.
Perhaps you do not have console ownership?


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