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Old 04-13-2008, 05:09 PM   #1
Mahmoud M. darweesh
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Switch to graphic interface


Dear Group
After i installed linux(RedHat3) on my laptop two days ago, the system boot to the character interface. By trying the command startx, i got an error "there is no such command". How can i switch to the graphic interface from the command line.

Your help will be appreciated,,,

Mahmoud M. Darweesh
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Old 04-13-2008, 05:28 PM   #2
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Did you run the command as root?
If you "sudo su" or "sudo startx" did you include the full path to startx?

Try: "locate startx" and use the path given. If it cant find it then you have different problem.

what happens when you type in "init 5"?

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Old 04-13-2008, 07:22 PM   #3
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RH3 is getting pretty old. There was a major change in X a while back, you may predate the changes to X. Your RH subscription should cover this kind of thing.
 
  


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