A few questions...

[No-Idea]

from a recent windoze convert, or attempting to convert anyway.

Hello people...
Today is my first day ever installing or being exposed to Linux (Red Hat 6.1). After it sat on my shelf a while, I finally built up the courage to install it.
I have been working with computers for 15 years and have my MCSE so I am not really computer dumb, but I have not really worked with any of the nix flavors and I decided I finally want to learn Linux. There is my background.

I have some questions for you experts.

I did the KDE-Workstation install (GUI?) but only get a command prompt after booting. I know this is probably a stupid question but not to me.

I did a GNOME-Workstation installation and can't find where to change my resolution. I have screens hanging too low to view the bottom of them.

Any good resources out there to learn the text based (command line) commands? DOS I know, Windoze cmd prompt I know, Linux I have NO idea. I did a few ps HP-UX ps -ef |grep's a few years ago but that was about it.

I am sure I will have many more questions soon. Thanks in advance for the jump start.

[ 25 March 2001: Message edited by: No-Idea ]

[bdg1983]

First of all, welcome to the wonderful world on Linux. Makes Windows seem like a toy os.

KDE - Do you have any error messages when you try either 'startx' or 'startkde'? If so, list them here so we can have a look.

Read the NHF's here especially the ones on Basic Commands and BASH.

[No-Idea]

Originally posted by mdwatts:
KDE - Do you have any error messages when you try either 'startx' or 'startkde'? If so, list them here so we can have a look.

Thank you for welcoming me and for the fast response.

Startx brings up Gnome. Startkde I get a bunch of "cannot connect to X server" messages. I will list them if you need more info.
If I do a startx it opens gnome and there is a "KDE Menus" listed in the system menus with a bunch of stuff (same as the gnome menu, Applications, Games, Graphics, etc...) in it.

From the way it looks it is bringing up KDE under Gnome. The installation I did was KDE Workstation.

On another note...where do I change the screen resolution?
What is the opposite of startx to get me back to the terminal mode?

Thanks again! :)

[Kadesh]

Wow, RH6.1, that's over a year old. Not a big problem but you're gonna run into a lot of programs that need 10 other libraries or something. Think of it as a quick primer as to why people really like a utility called 'apt'.

Anyway, as mentioned above, 'startx' starts X. To get to a graphical login each time you boot, you need to change your default run level. Just boot up linuxconf and switch the run level, boot mode, startup, or whatever from 3 to 5. Also, you could hand edit /etc/inittab, change the line "id:3:initdefault" to "id:5:initdefault".

[bdg1983]

Is there a icon somewhere on the desktop to exit the GUI? I'm not a Gnome user so perhaps (as you can do in KDE) see if right clicking on the desktop gives you the ability to logout of Gnome. Ctrl-Alt-BackSpace will also log you out and get you back to the console.

Try running either Xconfigurator or xf86setup to configure your resolutions.

[No-Idea]

Originally posted by Kadesh:
Wow, RH6.1, that's over a year old.

LOL...like I said before I had to build up the courage before installing it. I was a die hard Windoze lemming for quite a while.

I also dont plan on really doing anything with this box except learning all I can about Linux. I am sure I will be tearing it down and reinstalling quite often just to play with everything. I dedicated one of my 6 computers to this learning process so I wouldnt have to worry about messing anything up.

Thanks for the tips to. :)

Does anyone have any idea why I have to go into gnome to run kde?