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kmfan
11-14-2002, 09:28 AM
I have gone through installing disks #1 and #2 now when I boot the computer up I somehow get to a login after a series of questions.....I can login but how do I go from there...I am at a console command prompt????? can someone help??
santellij
11-14-2002, 10:23 AM
# startx

Is it a GUI you want?
KarrottoP
11-14-2002, 10:37 AM
during the installation it does ask you if you how you want to log in. you must have chosen console, if you wanted you could automatically have it come up with a graphical login.
kmfan
11-14-2002, 10:42 AM
it is a gui i want....i dont think I was asked if I wanted a console or not....in the beginning I choose the graphical installation...but afterwards i wasnt asked anything like that
saintsfanbrian
11-14-2002, 10:53 AM
When you were configuring your monitor and video card there was a check box for start in text mode or graphical mode. Yours must have defaulted to text mode. startx should get the gui going for you. If not you may have to run xf86config to set it up again.
kmfan
11-14-2002, 11:00 AM
I reinstalled and made sure that it was at graphical and I am still being brought to a console prompt......before it gets to the prompt i am getting a weird screen...its blue with an aqua colored box in the middle with two options to select from....the options seem to be written in some sort of hyrogryphics......i know i picked the correct language ....????? need help bad....could this be happening because I chose the wrong video card or monitor???
santellij
11-14-2002, 11:06 AM
proceed with caution....

If you want the graphical login change the default runlevel to 5, from 3. This will start the x-based login (XDM). This should be true for most distro's and I assume it is the case with RH8. In /etc/inittab change:

id:3:initdefault:

change to...

id:5:initdefault:

I bet there is a easy way to do this in the GUI or a redhat-config-yadaYadaYada tool but that's really what need to be changed.

just that one number. Be very careful when editing /etc/inittab. Simple typos can cause your system to become unbootable.
kmfan
11-14-2002, 11:26 AM
im all set thanx....what i did was I ran the redhat-config-xfree86 tool from the console prompt....and reconfigured my monitor and vid card and presto.....im up and running....thanx for your help