howto configure a user account
 

I recently installed vector linux 4.0, a slackware based system. I didn't install their GUI I installed xfree86 4.3.0, and the afterstep win manager. Then I used adduser to add a user account. I logged into the user account and issued the command startx. I got the message bash command not found. When I am root it starts x perfectly. How do I add programs to the user that the root uses?

thanks

Behmjose

"command not found", means just that. It couldn't find the command "startx".
So, maybe you should check your user's PATH:

echo $PATH

If the path to startx isn't there, add it. Don't know where startx is? Then:

locate startx.

For me it is /usr/X11R6/bin/startx, so I need /usr/X11R6/bin/ in my PATH and I add it and export it like this:

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"

HTH