On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:57:43 +0000
Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all folks,
>
> My Gentoo box revives. The partitions are still there. The
> denotation of the hard drive connected to a controller should be
> /dev/hde
>
> /dev/hde1 boot
> /dev/hde2 swap
> /dev/hde2 /
>
> 'Fail Safe' can be started. mozilla, openoffice writer, kmail,
> konqueror, adsl-start, etc, work and can be started from xterm window.
>
>
> Now the remaining problems are;
>
> 1) How to start KDE
Several ways
1) startx /usr/kde/3.x/bin/startkde
2) /etc/rc.conf uncomment XSESSION="kde-x" then startx
where x = 1|2
3) /etc/rc.conf uncomment DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm
this will give you gui login
> 2) How to add
> ROOT password
login as root
hit enter
passwd
enter new password twice
> USER and user password
>
man useradd
as root 'useradd ... username'
passwd username
enter new password twice
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Collins - Denver Area -
Gentoo stable kernel 2.6.2-rc1
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