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Woehrle46 · May 12, 2002, 06:54 PM

Just installed yellow dog linux 2.2 on my imac rev. c, I cant figure out how to run either kde or gnome, all it give me is a dos-type interface, which i cant figure out. After i have logged into the dos type inter face i cant figgure out how to get into kde or gnome, will someone please help me?

philzilla · May 12, 2002, 06:59 PM

did you not get asked to set either up, during setup?

Woehrle46 · May 12, 2002, 07:08 PM

Originally posted by philzilla:
<STRONG>did you not get asked to set either up, during setup?</STRONG>

i dont think that i did, all i got asked was the display size, passwords, my name, wheather or not to use my vid accelerator
after Linux goes through its start up, it just comes up with a black screen with this on it:

Yellow Dog Linux release 2.2 (Rome)
Kerneln2.4.18-0.9a on an PPC (tty1)

localhost login:

then if i log in from there it will say:

Last login: Sun May 12 1824:07 on tty1
[Dieter@localhost Dieter]$

any ideas on what i might have done wrong or what i could do to get into kde or gnome from here?

philzilla · May 12, 2002, 07:17 PM

have you checked here?

Woehrle46 · May 12, 2002, 07:38 PM

Originally posted by philzilla:
<STRONG>have you checked here?</STRONG>

My problem seems to be that i cant log into the graphical startup at all scince i stupidly chose text based. Do you know of any way to alter this from the text based startup i described in my previous post?

philzilla · May 12, 2002, 07:46 PM

okay, try this. it's advice on how to install the latest KDE from the command line

Woehrle46 · May 12, 2002, 08:07 PM

would you happen to know what the exact name of the kde or gnome executables are? That would really be helpful because then i could just search for them from the unix-dos looking system.

philzilla · May 12, 2002, 08:16 PM

sorry mate, i can't help you on that one. i've never installed yellow dog, i've only installed linux on some pc's before. i know that the first time i did it, i had your problem, because i didn't take the right option from the setup. my way round it? heh, i just re-installed it

**** . you made my stars go green. now i'll be lumped in with that lot. grr...

Northform · May 12, 2002, 09:44 PM

You probably chose network server when you installed YDL. People do this all the time. The network server option doesn't install the X Window Server or the GUIs. You should use development workstation. If this is not the problem just post a reply.

May 13, 2002, 10:12 AM

Please forgive me if this is a really insultingly obvious suggestion. Sometimes the obvious answers are the hardest to find. Did you try entering the command: "startx" (no quotes)? To switch from gnome to kde or whatever: "switchdesk kde" or "switchdesk gnome".

Good luck...

Woehrle46 · May 14, 2002, 06:57 PM

Thanks for all of your help. I decided to re-install the system
completely and then choose graphical login. I am now typing this message
on my imac running KDE. It took me three days to figure out how to log
onto the internet and i am now enjoying linux and kde. Again thanks for
your help.