Full Version: Fedora Problem
I just installed Fedora Core 3 and I need help. I get this terminal thing asking me for my username and password. Then I get a prompt, how do I load the desktop or w/e?
Type startx
thanx
and to always start in startx do the folowing
#>vi /etc/inittab <enter>
#>
# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:3:initdefault:
edit the id:3 to 5 so it looks like
# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:
now to save and exit do the following
press esc + press ":" + press "wq" on keyboard .. this will exit you from editor
( allow the aboce is from terminal windows with root user)
#>vi /etc/inittab <enter>
#>
CODE
# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:3:initdefault:
edit the id:3 to 5 so it looks like
CODE
# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:
now to save and exit do the following
press esc + press ":" + press "wq" on keyboard .. this will exit you from editor
( allow the aboce is from terminal windows with root user)
You may want to use mcedit if you cant get your head around vi... Took me a good while to learn to use vi
QUOTE(Bliksem @ Apr 4 2005, 13:15)
You may want to use mcedit if you cant get your head around vi... Took me a good while to learn to use vi
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I recommend nano
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