Help getting to GUI

nsmcfred · 03-20-2007, 02:40 PM

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

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?