RE: [newbie] STUCK on interactive setup

[Riley, Patrick (Patrick)** CTR **]

Larry,

Of course I missed the part about the user not being able to get to /etc,
and that's probably because he never mentioned it.  Pretty much anyone that
loads Linux either has the manual that came with their distro (if they
ordered the official package) or a book that they bought about Linux that
would tell you how to edit this (probably even in the first chapter).  Years
ago, people on these mailing list & newsgroups weren't so quick to jump
peoples %&$#  when they posted something like I did.  I hope I helped you
out [EMAIL PROTECTED], I never meant to confuse you.  I apologize if I did.
Sometimes it's actually good to do some things from a shell than doing
everything through X because you really learn a lot like that.

 I'm through with answering questions for a while and I thank all of you who
have helped me out.  ---pez
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> From:         Larry Marshall[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To:     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent:         Thursday, September 21, 2000 8:24 AM
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:      Re: [newbie] STUCK on interactive setup
> 
> "Riley, Patrick (Patrick)** CTR **" wrote:
> > 
> > And if you want to do it from the command line, just edit /etc/inittab
> to
> > "id:5:initdefault:" (leaving out the quotes).  it probably says
> > id:3:initdefault right now.  It should fix it.
> 
> You must have missed the part where the guy said he didn't know how to
> "go to /etc" :-)  It seems important in this conference to assess the
> knowledge level of the questioner before providing a "simple" answer. 
> You're right, of course, in your answer but you've skipped over some
> real basic stuff (like moving to a directory and loading an editor)
> that the guy has already admited he doesn't know how to do.
> 
> Cheers --- Larry
>