Starting in Gnome-- please dont laugh at me...
Please dont make too much fun of me on this... lol, I am kinda new to linux.... i used to work with Unix a lot, but it was with the navy and we use a Common operating environment setup... so things are pretty much always the way you want them.. well the same regardless of how you want them. I use mandrake and have no problems with that. But I am trying to expand on my knowledge...
My Slackware 10.0 install boots to the command line. How do I get it to just bring up the gui. I selected gnome as my default. THanks |
Edit the file /etc/inittab
There will be a line that says: Code:
id:3:initdefault |
That and you you'll have to run...
Code:
xorgconfig |
Hi Scuzzman, but the line you refer to is in /etc/inittab, NOT /etc/xinittab, and it should read like this:-
# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6) id:4:initdefault: Unless of course Pat has changed the way he does things. |
No, in Slackware the login manager still starts when the system is booted into runlevel 4. To login in to the system from a console login (init 3) then just login with your userid and password then do "startx".
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i log into root ... then type "gdm --start" ... then log into my user account at account screen ... that way i can log into a nested window and not have to close all my apps just install something or configure something as root
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you can set up your box to log in to gdm everytime by editing the /etc/rc.d/rc.4 file. Read the comments, it's pretty easy.
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next time you reboot, you'll have the gui login. |
create a .xinitrc file in your home directory:
echo "exec gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc Then you type startx and gnome will start. you can do the same for fluxbox, kde, etc. |
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I am amazed at the amount of wrong information in this thread.... :rolleyes:
A lot of stuff is close.. but ... Just to confirm if you could not figure it out through all the other posts vi /etc/inittab change Code:
# Default runlevel... Code:
# Default runlevel... |
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thanks all
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Just for further info, if you want to play around with other window managers you can easily change the default WM by typing: xwmconfig
This will give you a list of all the window managers you have installed. You can always change back to Gnome or other WM by using this command. |
My apologies - I had the wrong runlevel (I like mine booting to a CLI) and made a typo on the filename... lol - was late when I responded :/ - the post is edited accordingly
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