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perfectsinfrontman
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 Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:41 pm Post subject: im new and need help |
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I just installed GENTOO but i dont know how to get in
it says localhost login and password what are they are there deafaults or what how can i get in please respond ASAP+
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colosis
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| If you created any user accounts, log in with one of those; otherwise log in with your root account and make an user account to use. |
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gentoo_dude
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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You need to login as root if you haven't created a user during install.
If you don't know your root password because you haven't changed it during the install you need to boot again using the bootcd, mount your gentoo partitions (just like the handbook says -- don't need to reformat them ) and the chroot into the environment and do passwd to change the root password. After this reboot your computer and try again to login as root. If you successfully log in don't forget to create a user. |
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asiB4
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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[edit]n/m...looks like we all posted right about the same time  ...do what they said ^^[/edit]
heh...during the installation you should have setup a root password...login in as root, enter your root password and create a user...
| Code: | | #useradd -m -G users,wheel,floppy,usb,video,audio,cdrom -s /bin/bash <your high speed user name here> |
| Quote: | 8.c. System Information
Root Password
First we set the root password by typing:
Code Listing 17: Setting the root password
# passwd
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| Quote: | 11.a. User Administration
Adding a User for Daily Use
Working as root on a Unix/Linux system is dangerous and should be avoided as much as possible. Therefore it is strongly recommended to add a user for day-to-day use.
The groups the user is member of define what activities the user can perform. The following table lists a number of important groups you might wish to use:
Group Description
audio be able to access the audio devices
cdrom be able to directly access optical devices
floppy be able to directly access floppy devices
games be able to play games
portage be able to use emerge --pretend as a normal user
usb be able to access USB devices
plugdev Be able to mount and use pluggable devices such as cameras and USB sticks
video be able to access video capturing hardware and doing hardware acceleration
wheel be able to use su
For instance, to create a user called john who is member of the wheel, users and audio groups, log in as root first (only root can create users) and run useradd:
Code Listing 1: Adding a user for day-to-day use
Login: root
Password: (Your root password)
# useradd -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash john
# passwd john
Password: (Enter the password for john)
Re-enter password: (Re-enter the password to verify)
If a user ever needs to perform some task as root, they can use su - to temporarily receive root privileges. Another way is to use the sudo package which is, if correctly configured, very secure. |
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perfectsinfrontman
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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ok now it comes up to a command line that says
localhost#
now how do i get in to the gooey |
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asiB4
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perfectsinfrontman
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:21 am Post subject: |
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| do i do all this in the shell, please elaborate a little cuz im new to linux |
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perfectsinfrontman
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| why do i have to do all this to get in the desktop?? |
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colosis
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| because linux by default is a command line operating system. the gui is added as an extra for usability purposes. |
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perfectsinfrontman
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:59 am Post subject: |
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ok well i need to get the desktop and stuff but i cant get to the kernel because when i type
cd usr/src/linux it says it doesnt exist also is there any other way to get the desktop or is this all i can do if so i need to get into the kernel how? so please help me |
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asiB4
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| perfectsinfrontman wrote: | | why do i have to do all this to get in the desktop?? |
well...Gentoo isn't like other distributions of linux out there, and it certainly isn't remotely close to windows...so it's not going to do everything for you. Basically, you are going to get dirty with the command line...
I am not sure if the new livecd's have any GRP packages with them or not...but unless you installed them during the installation process, or you used the minimal install cd, you are going to have a minimal install. Which means you are going to install what you want or need via the command line. The commands are listed with the documentation, read them and don't be scared to run a handful of commands to get you up and going.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml
http://gentoo-wiki.com/Index:HOWTO
| perfectsinfrontman wrote: | ok well i need to get the desktop and stuff but i cant get to the kernel because when i type
cd usr/src/linux it says it doesnt exist also is there any other way to get the desktop or is this all i can do if so i need to get into the kernel how? so please help me |
try #cd /usr/src/linux ...note the first forward slash before usr.
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perfectsinfrontman
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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| still doesnt work but i did install a grp how do i get to it |
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Kaste
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I am little confused/curious. Are you really done installing and if so how did you manage to boot without a kernel?
have a look at ls /boot (you may have to mount it first with something like mount /dev/hda? /boot/)
Is there anything like vmlinuz or kernel located there? |
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gentleman
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perfectsinfrontman,
I do not want to appear too strict here, but when I read this thread it comes up to me that gentoo is probarbly not the best choice for you.
And the reason is not that gentoo is a professional system which requires some skill - which is true, of course.
But to understand things here I would highly recommend to read more documentation before posting in the board. If you are really willing to install a gentoo system, collect more information of documentation and a book of linux would be of advantage, too.
The problems you mentionened hustles me to advice you to first learn more about linux in general.
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