Intalled TRIX BOX, login as root, then nothing? Just a command line. How do I use IT?

Hello everyone! New to Linux and I'm really trying to like it but IT"S GIVING ME AN ANURISM! AHHHHHHHH! I'm sure someone out there knows my pain and frustration. I just installed Trix Box on my note book and I want it to be my primary OS It boots up Then I logon As Root. Then NOTHING! Just a command line. I tried everything I allready know about linux by using every start command I could think of I know each OS Is different. Hoping someone out there knows what command or solution I seek.

startx (if X is already installed).

used startx command and it tells me that the command is not recognized

Do you have X installed? Or not?
Install X server, window manager, then you can do startx.

Trixbox really isn't a good choice as a general purpose Linux OS. It's really meant for people who are running asterisk and know it inside and out... Try something more "generic" like SuSE/Ubuntu/whatever...

Ok the x thing doesn't make sence to me because I'm currently using slax live cd and I use startx command to use it and nothing is installed at all? I don't understand. Where do I find this x that needs to be installed?

I'd love to use UBUNTU instead But there is a major problem. I downloaded the ISO and made an ISO disk for UBUNTU when it starts to install it says two things/ [197.11200] buffer I/O error on device fDO. logical block, and [235.216000] buffer I/O error on device fDO. logical block. The OS continues to load and runs in live mode. When I click install It takes hours and hours to do anything 6 hours in it's only on step 3 of 7 and gets hung up on the partitioning part??? Any sugestions?

I'd really like to use slax but the make_disk.sh does nothing at all. Any suggestions?

Originally Posted by tekkid12052 I'd love to use UBUNTU instead But there is a major problem. I downloaded the ISO and made an ISO disk for UBUNTU when it starts to install it says two things/ [197.11200] buffer I/O error on device fDO. logical block, and [235.216000] buffer I/O error on device fDO. logical block. The OS continues to load and runs in live mode. When I click install It takes hours and hours to do anything 6 hours in it's only on step 3 of 7 and gets hung up on the partitioning part??? Any sugestions?

Try SuSE instead. I've had a lot better luck getting that to run on various machines versus Ubuntu. If that doesn't work, try a couple others... Unfortunately, I've found a lot of variation in distros as to what they will and won't run on.