On Thursday 11 March 2004 04:20, Frank J Bivings wrote: > get a blank window with only the option to hit OK. If I reply NO > to get a new start to enter username & password. It then says > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$" , and then hangs because I don't know > where to go from there. My only choice is Ctl+Alt+del., and get > back in Windows XP.
This is the console interface to the operating system. All the graphical stuff runs in the "X console" which you can't use until you get the X server working. To do any administration of your system you'll need "console skills", i.e. knowledge of using shell commands and a text editor (the most common ones are vi and emacs; many users are religious devotees of one of these two systems; there are on-line "holy wars" but no bloodshed yet). http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/index.html is a reasonable on-line tutorial. Another good idea would be to get a book on introductry Unix/Linux skills (university libraries usually have several of these; some public libraries do too). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
