Red Hat 6.1 Question

Halastar · 04-27-2002, 03:39 PM

Isnt Gnome Workstation supposed to have a visual interface somthing like windows? I am very new to linux and when i installed it and went through , it took me straight to a Shell on startup . I cant figure out how im supposed to do anything like get online or get into the Gnome Workstation , and all the help files i find are for users that already KNOW how to get into this part of linux. SO if any one could help me , it would be much appreciated, thanks in advance.

Halastar
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acid_kewpie · 04-27-2002, 03:46 PM

yes, gnome's interface is erm... similar to windows. BUT you're distro is VERY old as far as linux goes. that must be three years old, and things will have moved on a LOT since then, and i'd suggest your highest priority would be to get a newer distribution (e.g. redhat 7.2 (7.3 out soon) or mandrake 8.2).

erm currently tho, i guess you've not got X working basically. run Xconfigurator or xf86config to configure the system, and then run it using "startx"