Finished Slackware installed and booted to a command prompt

sledd · 11-28-2004, 05:27 PM

I am a noob to Linux. I installed Slackware 10.0 and everything went fine until reboot. Now I can only access linux with the command prompt by logging in as root. I put the LILO into the mba. Help...

barton · 11-28-2004, 05:30 PM

Can you boot into the linux comandline?

sledd · 11-28-2004, 05:33 PM

When I boot in it takes me to the login and password , I have to login as root and then I have the root prompt.

reddazz · 11-28-2004, 05:40 PM

You need to add a user, using the command "adduser". Give the new user a password by running "passwd userid password". Logout of the root account (type "exit" or "logout") and login as the new user, then type "startx". A graphical user environment will load.

barton · 11-28-2004, 05:42 PM

Go here http://www.griffintechnology.com/archive/monitor.html to find your monitor refresh rates because you will need them to complete xorgconfig

Type xorgconfig and follow the instructions.

Then type startx once you've finished.

XavierP · 11-28-2004, 05:42 PM

If you want to boot straight into a gui, you need to edit /etc/inittab and change the default number to the one that is for the gui. It's all explained in the file.

sledd · 11-28-2004, 05:59 PM

Thanks Reddazz it worked like a charm! Thanks to XavierP and Barton also for the fast replies, I will save these suggestions , and Work on getting into the GUI from the boot.
Thanks again!!!