ehm...i have a "problem"

[ch3wy]

well the thing is that i´m new to linux, my old computer HAS to run it, i dunno why but i cant install anything but Linux in it.

So i installed Slackware 8.1, but when i reboot, i get an Ms Dos-like screen what do i have to write on it, to acess the windows look, or where can i get a command list?

[michaelk]

Never tried Slack but do you have a prompt that looks something like this?

lilo:

Press the tab key to see the what options are there. You probably have one called linux. Just type linux and press the enter key.

[ch3wy]

no, after LILO, i click on Linux, and i get to an Ms Dos-looking area but with the penguin on top, i wait for everything to finish loading (?) the i just get root@darkstar:˜# , and the blinking square

[ch3wy]

in the install i selected the win95 look, i toughtit would be appropiate for a newb, but any toughts?

[michaelk]

Should have reread your first post. Just realized your at whats known as the BASH shell.

Try typing in startx at the prompt.

[3m00]

Good job! This prompt means that you are half way to getting your visual environment setup! There are many guides for this simple environment, but I would try typing startx. That should work...

[sab23]

If you would like to boot into the gui (X Window, or the "Windows look"), edit you /etc/inittab file, and change the initdefault value to 5 (it is probably 3 now).

Alternatively, you should be able to run Xconfigurator from a command prompt and (in addition to configuring you monitor and video card settings) you should be able to specify that you would like to boot into X Window.

[JohnT]

No in Slackware he would want to change to run-level "4" in his /etc/inittab file. This way you wouldn't have to type startx for your default (in this case fvwm95) environment every time.