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innoman 01-07-2005 12:24 AM

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

scuzzman 01-07-2005 12:31 AM

Edit the file /etc/inittab
There will be a line that says:
Code:

id:3:initdefault
Change that 3 to a 4

Linux~Powered 01-07-2005 12:47 AM

That and you you'll have to run...

Code:

xorgconfig
to build your config file for X. Then you can boot into runlevel 5 or stay in runlevel 3 and run "startx"

vdemuth 01-07-2005 01:29 AM

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.

reddazz 01-07-2005 02:19 AM

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".

Furlinastis 01-07-2005 06:47 AM

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

justin_p 01-07-2005 07:19 AM

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.

drisay 01-07-2005 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by vdemuth
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.

i've always done it simply the way vdemuth said. just change your initlevel from 3 to 4 in your inittab.

next time you reboot, you'll have the gui login.

hanzerik 01-07-2005 01:28 PM

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.

AxelFendersson 01-07-2005 07:26 PM

Quote:

Quoth scuzzman:
Edit the file /etc/xinittab
There will be a line that says:
Code:

initdefault:3:
Change that 3 to a 5

Do not do this. RL5 is configured exactly the same as RL3 (and RL2) in Slackware, so this will have no effect!

trey85stang 01-07-2005 10:46 PM

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...
id:3:initdefault

to

Code:

# Default runlevel...
id:4:initdefault

This will start you out at gdm.

innoman 01-08-2005 05:25 PM

(:
 
thanks all

mlsbraves 01-09-2005 07:23 AM

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.

scuzzman 01-09-2005 08:04 AM

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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