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

-- 
Collins - Denver Area - 
Gentoo stable kernel 2.6.2-rc1

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