GUI problems! Please help!

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4 total messages Started by Grant and Delwyn Fri, 28 Apr 2000 00:00

#1841

Author: Grant and Delwyn
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 00:00

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Please help this Dos fool with Linux.
I have installed redhat version 6.1 but I am struggleing to get the GUI to
come up.  My system keeps on booting into a command prompt.  Information
that I have found suggested I edit the /etc/inittab file.  The lines to be
changed are:-
id:3:initdefault:
to
id:5:initdefault:

I have managed with my limited knowledge of linux and unix to get into the
file and to change the appropriate line but I have not been able to save the
changes.  Is this the only method of getting the GUI to come in or does
anyone else have other suggestions.  Also some instruction on how to save
the edeted changes would be helpfull

Thanks to all you help

Re: GUI problems! Please help!

#1845

Author: Greg Alexander
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 00:00

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welcome to gregs 10 second VI tutorial...

type "man vi" to check out the manual.

vi [filename]
You start in view mode.
a - add text
i -insert text.
press esc to go back to the view mode
ZZ (Shift-zz) to save and exit.

bye

Re: GUI problems! Please help!

#1850

Author: Grant and Delwyn
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 00:00

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ok so I got that working but still I am struggleing.  I now have the
following error comming up.
execve failed for /etc/x11/x (errno2)
_X11tranSocket NIXconnect : can't connect : errno = 111 giving up.
Xinit : Connection refused (errorno 111) unable to connect to X server.
Xinit : No such process (errno3) : server error

Please can you help me with this problem to!

The learner!

Greg Alexander <gfa@icon.co.za> wrote in message
news:390B3430.B6990353@icon.co.za...
> welcome to gregs 10 second VI tutorial...
>
> type "man vi" to check out the manual.
>
> vi [filename]
> You start in view mode.
> a - add text
> i -insert text.
> press esc to go back to the view mode
> ZZ (Shift-zz) to save and exit.
>
> bye
>

Re: GUI problems! Please help!

#1851

Author: root
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 00:00

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Grant and Delwyn wrote:

> ok so I got that working but still I am struggleing.  I now have the
> following error comming up.
> execve failed for /etc/x11/x (errno2)
> _X11tranSocket NIXconnect : can't connect : errno = 111 giving up.
> Xinit : Connection refused (errorno 111) unable to connect to X server.
> Xinit : No such process (errno3) : server error
>
> Please can you help me with this problem to!

Sorry but I'm still new to linux myself, I did manage to get everything
working without going in to deep.
I'm also using RH 6.1, there are utilities to set up almost everything,
its just not easy to find out what does what
try XF86Setup (NB case sensitive), if you get a bash command error then
download the XF86Setup rpm.

The other one that might help is xconfigure, which askes lots of nasty
questions. pressing enter is best if you
just don't know.

also, what did you install?
I just installed everything, then I just disabled all the setting I didn't
need. so many setting, everywhere...

g

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