root at localhost
RoboticGolem
roboticgolem at gmail.com
Sat Nov 20 19:10:24 UTC 2004
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 09:32:06 -0700, Doug Carter <dscinland at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is my first try with Fedora Core or Linux for that mater.
> I started with a clean Hard drive. The Media check druing install passed the
> disc I had downloaded and burned. I selected ,Personal Desk Top, Auto
> Partion, and the Minimal package group (I've only downloaded the first
> disc-FC3-i386-disc1.iso )
> Everything loaded fine, on the first boot after install all the lines had a
> [ OK ] at the end of them.
>
> Now this is my probem;
> The screen comes up looking like I've shown below in comand line form.
>
>
> Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg)
> Kernel 2.6.9-1.667 on an i686
>
> localhost login: (I put "root" here )
> Password: (I put the password I'd used during installation
> here)
> [root at localhost ~]# ( this is what comes up)
>
>
> What do I do from here?
> nothing I've tried will get me any farther.
> I've read through the manuals and can not find any help for this problem
>
Ok, when you get to your prompt ( [root at localhost ~]#)
useradd <yourusername>
passwd <yourusername>
yum install kde-base kdm
That should get you to a gui with a user that will have limits, but
you might want to reinstall the system with a basic workstation
install rather than the minimal packages.
-Matt
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