heeeeeeeeelp! (linux)

[xtremcoder]

i just installed mandrake 9.2 but im in text mode -- how do i go to the GUI? i tried to type kdm but that didnt work?

[yonson]

startx

cj

[xtremcoder]

tried that, didnt work.

[Sami]

Originally posted by xtremcoder
tried that, didnt work.
What does it say when you type it? Have you run Xconfigurator?

[NeoRaZor]

WooHooo! You broke X! I did the same thing over the weekend....

Here's how to repair;

If you have managed to break your X configuration somehow and cannot enter X anymore, you can use
xfdrake from the console to re-configure X . Simply, use the su command to become root and type XFdrake.

[AbecX]

Why did you install that junk? :rolleyes:

[The Big Matt]

Originally posted by AbecX
Why did you install that junk? :rolleyes:

try typing WIN

works for me

[xtremcoder]

Originally posted by AbecX
Why did you install that junk? :rolleyes:
because 1) i read that it was good for linux newbies and 2) i tried to install debain but i couldnt

i got an old machine from work, its like a 500 mhz w/ 64 or 128 mbytes of ram on which im going to try it again tonite. my laptop will be running windows again.

[AbecX]

You guys need someone like me to stand over and show you how to get this stuff to work right. No offense but if you cant even install mandrake right, I'm kinda glad you're sticking with windows ;)

[Stang2be]

Linux can bring out signs of bad/cheap hardware. Boxes that will load windows might have linux bitching.

Linux does not ignore stuff like cheap main boards, ram, etc.

[xtremcoder]

so how am i supposed to learn... or were you guys just gifted? didnt think so. you too were once a newbie.

[xtremcoder]

and btw, i have installed mandrke <9.2 many times before (about 5 or 6) and never had any problems with it. i just never kept it around long enough to actually learn how to use it. this is the first time ive had problems with it.

[01WhiteCobra]

Originally posted by Stang2be
Linux can bring out signs of bad/cheap hardware. Boxes that will load windows might have linux bitching.

Linux does not ignore stuff like cheap main boards, ram, etc.

Sheet.

I have it running on a CompUSA Amerinote 366Mhz Celeron with 32MB of RAM, Riptide audio, Lynx Video chipset and a 2GB HD and a wireless card.

Running like a champ.

The only Windows O/S I could run on it was 98 or below.

[HiTechRedneck]

Originally posted by xtremcoder
or were you guys just gifted?

Yes.

[AbecX]

Originally posted by Stang2be
Linux can bring out signs of bad/cheap hardware. Boxes that will load windows might have linux bitching.

Linux does not ignore stuff like cheap main boards, ram, etc.
LOL! What the fuck are you talking about? I have cheap shit in all my linux boxes... Minus my hard drives that go out, I never have any issues with hardware.

[AbecX]

Originally posted by xtremcoder
so how am i supposed to learn... or were you guys just gifted? didnt think so. you too were once a newbie.
Thats just it, you arent learning anything, Mandrake does eveyrthing for you, to a point. If you cant get Mandrake to run, thats pretty sad, its like the Windows of linux distro's.... I started off on FreeBSD which was pretty hard, but it laid a good foundation on how to use pretty much any unix os. It took a few months to learn and get shit down, it doesnt just happen overnight.

[xtremcoder]

well for some reason when i booted up the machine tonite, it worked. im on it now. everything seems to be working now. so mandrake sucks? ok, what should i use to LEARN?

[xtremcoder]

cool, Ximian Evolution just froze while checking my e-mail :rolleyes:

[01WhiteCobra]

Originally posted by xtremcoder
well for some reason when i booted up the machine tonite, it worked. im on it now. everything seems to be working now. so mandrake sucks? ok, what should i use to LEARN?

Depends on what you are trying to learn.

If you are trying to be a network admin with Linux, I would install without a GUI and learn it from the command line.

If you just want to be a user, install Mandrake and be a user.

[xtremcoder]

cant i do the admin stuff from a GUI as well? by launching a terminal? the main reason i want the GUI is for internet browsing (when i get stuck)...

[xtremcoder]

:D

http://www.iyaracing.com/screenshot.png

[01WhiteCobra]

Originally posted by xtremcoder
cant i do the admin stuff from a GUI as well? by launching a terminal? the main reason i want the GUI is for internet browsing (when i get stuck)...

Spend a month at the command prompt.

It will be worth 6 months in the GUI.

[xtremcoder]

cool deal. i got MySQL installed tonite, tomorow im going to get PHP and Apache installed. hopefully.:D

[AbecX]

Originally posted by xtremcoder
cant i do the admin stuff from a GUI as well? by launching a terminal? the main reason i want the GUI is for internet browsing (when i get stuck)...
Get off the GUI crutch, do you think REAL admins configure box with GUIs? Fuck no.... real admins log into boxes remotely with ssh and setup everything they need using custom scripts they make and other crazy things. Who browses the web on a server? Browsers serve little to no use for someone who wants to do real work. Downloading mp3's of kazaa, checking your email, and surfing the web is not work.

Are you not wanting to do real work? If you just want a fly desktop box, just put windows back on it and install one of those gay ass frontends to make windows look nifty.

[xtremcoder]

did you not read the part where i said why i wanted the GUI? :rolleyes:

if i wanted a machine to surf the internet with... listen to music... us PS, and other stuff id use windows. i want linux to learn admin type stuff, but i still want the GUI for when i need to get help.

[NeoRaZor]

Originally posted by The Big Matt
try typing WIN

works for me


LOL Someone didn't read the subject of this thread! :confused:


LOL WIN! haha

[AbecX]

Originally posted by xtremcoder
did you not read the part where i said why i wanted the GUI? :rolleyes:

if i wanted a machine to surf the internet with... listen to music... us PS, and other stuff id use windows. i want linux to learn admin type stuff, but i still want the GUI for when i need to get help.
Perhaps you arent understanding that you will never learn sitting in front of a gui. I spent my first few months understanding the console.

[xtremcoder]

i understand what you are saying... i spent a few hours last nite starring at the black screen of the konsole. but i still want to have the GUI so i can go click on Mozilla and browse the internet (here, forums.devshed.com, linuxquestions.org, ect)

[AbecX]

If I had to start all over, I'd start with something like gentoo, its so fucked up to start with that you will seriously learn a lot setting it up and configuring it. Dont expect to be handheld in setting it up as its pretty hard.

RedHat would be a much better starting point than mandrake if you are serious about learning.

[NeoRaZor]

It's a toss up to me, yes I want to learn how to admin a Linux enviroment but I'm not ready to give up the GUI. And now that I'm running Mandrake 9.2 I'm enjoying the OS as a good desktop and multimedia PC as well (execpt for the lockups which I hope to have fixed once I get the new vid card).

[Hunt4m3x]

Windows > *

[evilmonk]

even newbies should provide more than, "it didn't work." just on that assumption and that this is a new install and that there's no telling what you installed during the graphical installation i'm going to think as little as possible. do:

[loki@paradox ~]$ startx
-bash: startx: command not found
[loki@paradox ~]$ echo $PATH
/usr/bin
[loki@paradox ~]$ whereis startx
startx: /usr/bin/X11/startx
[loki@paradox ~]$ PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11
[loki@paradox ~]$ startx

yay

also, you can modify your resource configuration file (.bashrc, .cshrc, etc...) and add your path in there so when you spawn a new shell your envirornment is consistent.

[HiTechRedneck]

Just install Gentoo Stage 1 and quit being a bitch.