On Saturday 06 September 2003 04:12, Joshua Banks wrote: > > > #USE="bindist" emerge -k xfree (This was off CD1) > > > > > > After the reboot and login I did a > > > > > > #US="bindist" emerge -k kde (This was off CD2) > > > > > > CD2 has a ton of apps. > > Gentoo is very new to me. > > Coming from Mandrake9.0. Where everything is basically done for you. > I think that everything is automounted as well?. Am I going to have > to mount everything to get stuff working the way that I would > like...I..E...KDE desktop...If so is there some directions on how > this done? > > All that I have available currently is the command line. And I'm not > sure how to start programs from the commandline. E..G...I thought > that I loaded XFree which I thought was the base package needed as a > base before loading any other desktops or gui things like KDE and > such? Please help me understand this..:) > > Or can I just start KDE without the use of XFee? What are the > commands to do this? > > I su to root and try to startx from the root / directory: > #startx > command not found > > When I look at the installed packages (emerge -cp world | more) I > don't see xfee on the list which is strange because I know that it > loaded it when I was doing the intial install on CD1 from issuing: > #USE="bindist" emerge -k xfree (This was off CD1)
you made it like '#USE="bindist" emerge -k xfree' or 'USE="bindist" emerge -k xfree' There is a huge difference the first does nothing and the second installs you the xfree. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
