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eriklinuxer
07-24-2005, 11:58 AM
Update: I have installed slack on my desktop. I have a few ?'s.
1. Bootloader. It is UGLY! :rolleyes: Anyway to use an eye candy bootloader?
2. On slack, it boots up into a console, in ROOT??? No option for another user during install
3. When I log in slack I cannot choose my WM, startx starts X and GNOME. I liked the login for suse. (Graphical, can choose WM)
Other than that, I like it!
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eriklinuxer
07-24-2005, 09:05 PM
Sorry, forums I use typically wander off in the threads and nobody cares. Messy! I will read the guidelines.
Update: I have installed slack on my desktop. I have a few ?'s.
1. Bootloader. It is UGLY! :rolleyes: Anyway to use an eye candy bootloader?
2. On slack, it boots up into a console, in ROOT??? No option for another user during install
3. When I type in slack I cannot choose my WM, startx starts X and GNOME. I liked the login for suse. (Graphical, can choose WM)
Other than that, I like it!
1. What you are looking for is a bootsplash for lilo. They are not hard to make, and lots of tuts are out there for them.
2. You need to create a user on the first boot. Run adduser as root.
3. I don't know why you are typing in "slack". Type in pkgtool and choose "setup". Then you can scroll down and rerun your default wm script again. To get a graphical login, edit /etc/inittab and set the default runlevel to 4. Then edit /etc/rc.d/rc.4 and uncomment whichever login manager you prefer (kdm, gdm, or xdm).
Glad you like it so far. Slack just really gets out of the way.
MMYoung
07-24-2005, 10:26 PM
3. I don't know why you are typing in "slack". Type in pkgtool and choose "setup". Then you can scroll down and rerun your default wm script again. To get a graphical login, edit /etc/inittab and set the default runlevel to 4. Then edit /etc/rc.d/rc.4 and uncomment whichever login manager you prefer (kdm, gdm, or xdm).
Glad you like it so far. Slack just really gets out of the way.
Acutally all you have to do is run xwmconfig from the console and it will open up what you're talking about.
HTH,
MMYoung
True, but why do things the easy way? ;)
eriklinuxer
07-24-2005, 11:57 PM
I meant login! Not "type in" :P
Thanks! That gets me started.