Getting to the GUI

drews · 12-21-2003, 04:21 PM

Alright.. I will probably be laughed at for this... but I dont care

I just installed The current version of slackware. Now it boots up and everything is fine... but how do I get to the GUI interface of it?

Thanks.

*embarassed*

amos · 12-21-2003, 04:23 PM

login and type startx

Cheers
Amos

trickykid · 12-21-2003, 04:32 PM

Before just typing startx after a fresh install, you will need to configure X by logging in as root and then typing: xf86config to configure X. Then once completed, I would suggest creating another user so your not logged in as root with the adduser command which makes it easy to create a user, prompting you to setup, configure. Once you create the user, log out as root and login as that user, run xwmconfig to configure what WindowManager/Desktop you want to use as default, then type startx to start the GUI.

Cheers.

itsjustme · 12-21-2003, 07:59 PM

Would it be better to use
useradd -m username
to add a user, rather than adduser?

I could be wrong.

slakmagik · 12-21-2003, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by itsjustme
Would it be better to use
useradd -m username
to add a user, rather than adduser?

And spurn Patrick's handy-dandy script? Nah.

And, actually, if you can do framebuffering, you may not need to configure X though, for better performance, you'll want to. Sometimes just 'startx' works, though.

itsjustme · 12-21-2003, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digiot
And spurn Patrick's handy-dandy script? Nah.

Well, I learn something new everyday.
There was no man entry for adduser, but after I less'ed /usr/sbin/adduser I see that you are correct.

Thanks

Edit: And now I see that adduser in red hat 8 is just a symbolic link to useradd.