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Old 08-06-2004, 12:45 PM   #1
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Red Hat 8.0 problem? GUI won't show?


Hey all--

I just got a hold of some VMware for my laptop, this software makes you able to run an OS within an OS. Right now I just installed Red Hat 8.0 on my VMware workstation. The installation went great and everything, however, I am kinda comfused.

See when I last ran Red Hat 8.0 on my other computer I was able to have a GUI and an interactive desktop when I started up with Red Hat. Now I just get a command prompt asking me to log in...

I don't know hardly any linux commands as I started this out again so I could learn.

I would just really like to know how to get a GUI up and running on this machine, otherwise, I have no clue on how to get access to files, go to the internet, and to normal user stuff?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

--Peace
 
Old 08-06-2004, 12:51 PM   #2
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try the command startx
 
  


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