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Old 12-14-2007, 06:08 PM   #1
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gui?


I just completed Yellow Dog 5.0.2 on an iMac G4, went through the 6 iso's, then rebooted and entered the username and password. Im in the command line interface. The million $ is how do i enter the xwindow gui? any help would greatly be appreciated. thanx.
 
Old 12-14-2007, 06:15 PM   #2
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try startx
 
Old 12-15-2007, 01:40 AM   #3
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Also, to make it so that it boots automatically to the GUI (if you so choose), edit /etc/inittab

The line that says
Code:
id:3:initdefault:
change to
Code:
id:5:initdefault:
 
  


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