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I have a Dual-boot system with Slackware 14.1 and Windows.
Dual booting works fine.When I go to Linux and I sign in as root the program says that I have mail.
It will show me two messages. These appear to be old messages put in to introduce you to the program.
I can type at the cursor, for instance typing the word messages bring up the two messages.
I can not open them.I can type on the cursor line and program responds to some.
I need to know what I have to type on this line to go into, program.
I have installed the complete system as I have a large disk drive and memory.
My command line prompt is working fine. Have entered id 4 initdefault did not work.
What command can I enter on the command line to take me to GUI
Thank for you help.
Last edited by eo200039; 01-30-2016 at 08:49 AM.
Reason: Hopefully a clearer problem description.
in mail.
Press 1 for the first message.
ESC when you're done.
Code:
d 1
deletes it.
d 2 for the second message, etc...
P.S. Welcome to LQ!
The solution you posted did not work.Pressing 1 did bring up the message.ESC brought up a bracket.Code d 1 did not delete the message.I am left with an interactive cursor. I still am unable to get to a graphical screen. Entering # id 4;initdefault did not work either.
What command can I enter on the command line to take me to GUI
Code:
startx
If you want to always go straight into the GUI everytime the computer starts, then you need to (as root) edit the file:
/etc/inittab
Find the following lines:
Code:
# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:3:initdefault:
and change the 3 to a 5.
*edit*
Although not every program uses these, inside many programs you can type "h" or "?" for help or you can type "q" to quit. If you are very new to Linux OS's you may find that helpful as well.
The solution you posted did not work.Pressing 1 did bring up the message.ESC brought up a bracket.Code d 1 did not delete the message.I am left with an interactive cursor. I still am unable to get to a graphical screen. Entering # id 4;initdefault did not work either.
Well, I thought you wanted to read the mail messages, sorry.
YO DUDE! did you even setup and install a Window Manager when you installed Slackware?
run this command on the big black screen before you type startx
Code:
xwmconfig
then pick a window Manager first. startx , if not work, then
Code:
nano .xinitrc
#inside of file type
exec {window manager name you picked}
Ctl+x
y
enter
startx
its been a while sense I've played with Slackware.
but the run levels are set just have to have a window manager selected, and inside your .xinitrc ...
XFCE will be your best bet for a beginer when it starts click on default settings, then let finish -- bam you got a GUI
To start with a graphical login screen on boot instead of Slackware's default console login, change the default runlevel to 4. Edit the file /etc/inittab and change the line that looks like
id:3:initdefault:
to
id:4:initdefault:
Note the difference from other Linux distributions; many of those use runlevel 5 for their graphical login. In Slackware, runlevel 5 is identical to runlevel 3 (console boot).
In the graphical runlevel, you will be greeted by one of the available display (login session) managers. Slackware will by default look for the availability of GDM (Gnome Display Manager), KDM (KDE Display Manager) and XDM (X Display Manager) - in that order. You can also install a third-party login manager like SliM but you will have to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.4 and add a call to your new session manager all the way at the top.
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