loading up slackware
 

hello guys this is my first post i hope you guys arent going to be upset
cuz of this thread

ok heres the prob.

i installed slack. 10
chose linux @ lilo
then the OS checks my hardware
then i it loads up the command prompt and it aks to login
i logged in as ROOT.

but my question is: where is the GUi how do i load it up
??!!


thanx in advance

:Pengy:

Add another userID, log in as that user, then just type in: startx

add a user as advised above, with the "adduser" command

thanx guy

i really appreciate your answers:newbie:

Before you do that though you have to configure X to your system.

As root type xorgconfig and follow the prompts. It will ask you for various info on your system such as mouse, keyboard, video card, monitor etc. It is important to collect this info first. You can get away with default/generic types for mouse and keyboard but make sure you know your video card specs and monitor specs. Try to find out your vertical and horizontal specs for the monitor before you start. After you save all the info you can adduser and login or just type startx and login with root to your already designated Windows Manager (usually KDE).

To change to a different windows manager type xwmconfig and select the one that you want.

just in the way of a little background, linux has different runlevels that determine which processes are run, etc etc. runlevel 0 mean everything is terminated, and you can switch off the power, runlevel 1 is the minimum services neccessary, and only root can log in. by default, slackware boots to runlevel 3, which is command prompt. from there, you can log in as any user, and the command startx will start the x server, which will run your preferred window manager (gnome, kde, fluxbox, etc). this is the preferred method. if, however, you want to boot to a graphical login screen, you can use a program like vi or emacs to edit your /etc/inittab file. open a terminal and do this:

su root
emacs /etc/inittab

and look for a line that looks like this:

# default runlevel
id:3:initdefault:


change the "3" to a "4", then save and quit. now when you restart your computer it will go straight to runlevel 4, which is graphical login screen. the danger here is that if your X server isn't properly configured (a very common problem), slackware will be unable to change to runlevel 4, but i believe if that happens it will simply dump you back out to command line. the only reason i like the graphical login personally, is the ability to change between various window managers. i've always been too lazy to look up the individual commands for starting them individually.