Slack 9.1 First Boot problems

fluxtux · 11-05-2003, 04:35 PM

I feel stupid for posting this, cos im scared teh answer is blatantly obvious, but, Slack installes fine, i boot my Linux partition, and the linux kernel tells me its loaded, but all i get is a command line DOS prompt style thing, no gui, any help would be appreciated

slakmagik · 11-05-2003, 05:00 PM

That's the way it goes. Everything's fine. That's where you enter your commands - such as 'startx'. Read the Slackware book and google for some command line tutorials.

DeadPuddle · 11-05-2003, 05:05 PM

Login as root using the password you selected during install. Issue the command xf86config to configure your X server. After that, issue the command startx to start your X server. xwmconfig allows you to select the default window manager.