Ok its working except one last thing!

Will_Angel · n00b Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 61

Witht help I finnaly got it installed... now when it botos up. i select windows or gentoo...i select gentoo everything loads up it seems. but then it asks for a host login and password.... for some reason during the install i added a hsot called mshome....i figured i should do that cuz i have comp networked tot his comp and it knows the other comp as mshome... now its asking me to login ..... but watever i type says invalid login.... how can i gt rid of that??? so it jsut logs in..like.. i added a user and password butt aht doesnt work....im so clsoe..gah! anyone know....

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 2:35 pm Post subject:

login : root
password : <just press enter>

Will_Angel · n00b Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 61

k that worked.. yeh.. well i had a passwor dbut i knew what it was...

ok...... after i logged in.. all i get is the root agian.. where do i go from here? how do i build it up .. like the point and click interface and all that?

is there a tutorial for this.??

Thanks for allt he help btw..

Earthwings · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 3:12 pm Post subject:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml

Earthwings · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 3:13 pm Post subject:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml

Will_Angel · n00b Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 61

how do i know which one i want to use.. is there screenshots of any of them anywherE??

christsong84 · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 3:31 pm Post subject:

1.) compile each one and see which one you like.
2.) screenshot galleries are available via search

here's some examples I found:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=79852&highlight=screenshot
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=48130&highlight=screenshot
and there's more, but reading through all of those pages should keep you busy for a bit.

My personal screenshot is here (warning: it's 1mb is size)
http://www.thecodemonks.com/linux/scrennie.png
...and I'm partial to mucho eye-candy. (ok...so I like transparency a lot)
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Will_Angel · n00b Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 61

what one are you using there?

christsong84 · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 4:06 pm Post subject:

I'm using kahakai as the window manager...the terminal you see is Eterm and the nifty tool on the right you see if gkrellm (with a bunch of plugins I emerged and skins from the gkrellm site). on the bottom right is the nice and shaded xmms. The backgrounds I got from deviantart and the IRC app you see there is XChat. Also, shaded in the upper left is gaim.

On the bottom of gkrellm are the apps I use most often. Enjoy!

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Earthwings · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 4:42 pm Post subject:

as you seem to want a "point and click interface" you'll probably prefer kde or gnome.

christsong84 · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 4:44 pm Post subject:

Will_Angel · n00b Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 61

yeah i was thining of putting gnome in after looking at that other thread.. so i went to do jsut that.. i typed

emerge xfree

it did a few things then at the end it said...

tesmp39.exe can not be found or something??

after like 8 seconds it said that and gave me the prompt again... i dont think it installed that fast.... so.... something wrong? and what is it thats wrong?

mallchin · Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 10:35 pm Post subject: gnome roxx

you'll need xfree to get you going, then emerge your chosen window manager. fluxbox seems to be quite popular, and I can recommend kahakai too as it has sweet transparency hehe

i like gnome myself, and since 2.4 has just been released i think it's worth a try. one tip though is...

Will_Angel · n00b Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 61

ok.. thanks so much.. but the problem is that when im in there... i cant do xfree cuz it seems my internet is not working... I rebooted and had someone connect thru ./sshd start and he tried twice to get it to work but it still did not......

I am on rgoers cable internet. and he said he configured it to work. but it didnt.... any ideas?

MacMasta · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 5:16 pm Post subject:

You are going to need to be a lot more specific as to the problem.

You say "internet isn't working" - can you browse the web? Can you post to the forums? If so, run that emerge xfree. If not, let us know and we can troubleshoot that.

~Mac~