New to linux and whant some advise

dmcbeing · 11-07-2005, 04:43 AM

Yesterday i installed Slack-ware on my PC :P
The are awesome.I use kde and love it :-)
The only thing that annoys me is that i have to type startx after i login so that i can get to kde.Is there a way to automate the process ?That is, Start KDE and then to login through kde ? After searching in the Control Panel i saw that this is supported by Slack-ware.

any reply will be appreciated
dmcbeing

Okie · 11-07-2005, 06:31 AM

in /etc/inittab change the default runlevel from 3 to 4

personally i prefer to keep it at 3 and just login as root and type in init 4 and it logs off CLI and X starts with a GUI waiting to log someone in

Dtsazza · 11-07-2005, 06:40 AM

The state in which your system starts up is controlled by what's called runlevels. There are seven, and they usually correspond to:

Code:

0    System halt
1    Single user mode
2    Local multiuser mode without remote network (e.g., NFS)
3    Full multiuser mode with network
4    Not used
5    Full multiuser mode with network and X display manager — KDM, GDM, or XDM
6    System reboot

The ones you're generally interested in are 3 (normal system boot, start in the console) and 5 (normal system boot, graphical login straight into X). To change the default runlevel, edit your /etc/inittab file and change the line that (probably) says 'id:3:initdefault:' to 'id:5:initdefault:'

Note: I use Debian, and runlevels are a bit strange in that case - for me, installing KDM set things up correctly. However, this is how I understand most distros control booting into X, and it should work for Slack.

[Edit]Beat to the punch while reading up...

Okie · 11-07-2005, 07:47 AM

Dtsazza, Slackware is just a bit different than most distributions of GnU/Linux...

# These are the default runlevels in Slackware:
# 0 = halt
# 1 = single user mode
# 2 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)
# 3 = multiuser mode (default Slackware runlevel)
# 4 = X11 with KDM/GDM/XDM (session managers)
# 5 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)
# 6 = reboot

dmcbeing · 11-07-2005, 08:07 AM

Thanks everybody :P

Dtsazza · 11-07-2005, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Okie
Dtsazza, Slackware is just a bit different than most distributions of GnU/Linux...

OK, thanks for the heads-up. Always good to know these things!

dmcbeing · 11-07-2005, 08:10 AM

btw how do i use the shutdown command ?
no matter what i do my pc never closes :S

Okie · 11-07-2005, 08:25 AM

reboot or init 6

poweroff is the command, if your computer does not automatically shut off, just let it run thru the shut down process until you see "System Halted" on the screen then it is safe to shut off the computer with the power button on the tower.

Dtsazza · 11-07-2005, 08:46 AM

The usage of the shutdown command (check the man page for more info) is 'shutdown <option> <time>'. The two most common ways of invoking it are

Code:

To turn off the computer:
# shutdown -h now

To reboot:
# shutdown -r now

, though other options exist, and you can also supply a time instead of now (e.g. shutdown -r 14:30 to reboot at half past two in the afternoon). As you may have noticed from the pound sign, shutdown lives in /usr/sbin and can only be run by root.

Many windowing managers have ways to shut your computer down with a menu option without having to become root (just like in Windows), though.