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| primarily used without graphics of any sort, but today it is perhaps | primarily used without graphics of any sort, but today it is perhaps | ||
| more common than not for users to prefer their Linux computers come | more common than not for users to prefer their Linux computers come | ||
| - | with shiney, flashy, clickable GUIs, and all these GUIs run on | + | with shiny, flashy, clickable GUIs, and all these GUIs run on |
| **// | **// | ||
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| - | <code> | + | <file> |
| darkstar:~$ cat / | darkstar:~$ cat / | ||
| Section " | Section " | ||
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| Option | Option | ||
| EndSection | EndSection | ||
| - | </code> | + | </file> |
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| ===== Setting Up A Graphical Login ===== | ===== Setting Up A Graphical Login ===== | ||
| - | By default, when you boot your Slackware Linux system you are presented with a login prompt on a virtual terminal. This is more than adequate for most people' | + | By default, when you boot your Slackware Linux system you are presented |
| + | with a login prompt on a virtual terminal. This is more than adequate | ||
| + | for most people' | ||
| + | you may login and do so right away. If you want to run X, simply executing | ||
| + | **//startx//** will do that for you nicely. | ||
| + | But suppose you almost exclusively | ||
| + | use your system for graphical duties like many laptop owners? Wouldn' | ||
| + | it be nice for Slackware to take you straight into a GUI? Fortunately, | ||
| + | there' | ||
| - | Slackware uses the System V init system which allows the administrator to boot into or change to different runlevels, which are really just different " | ||
| - | Runlevels are configured in inittab(5). The most common ones are runlevel 3 (Slackware' | + | Slackware uses the System V init system which allows the administrator |
| + | to boot into or change to different runlevels, which are really just | ||
| + | different //" | ||
| + | computer is really only a case of changing to a runlevel which | ||
| + | accomplishes just that. Runlevels can be rather complicated, | ||
| + | won't delve into them any further than necessary. | ||
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| + | Runlevels are configured in '' | ||
| + | The most common ones are | ||
| + | runlevel 3 (Slackware' | ||
| + | Slackware to boot to a GUI screen, simply open | ||
| + | '' | ||
| + | favorite editor of choice. (You may wish to refer to one of the | ||
| + | chapters on **//vi//** or | ||
| + | **//emacs//** at this point.) Near the top, you'll | ||
| + | see the relevant entries. | ||
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| + | < | ||
| - | < | ||
| # These are the default runlevels in Slackware: | # These are the default runlevels in Slackware: | ||
| # 0 = halt | # 0 = halt | ||
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| # Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6) | # Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6) | ||
| id: | id: | ||
| - | </code> | + | </file> |
| - | In this file (along with most configuration files) anything following a hash symbol # is a comment and not interpreted by init(8). Don't worry if you don't understand everything about inittab, as many veteran users don't either. The only line we are interested in is the last on above. Simply change the 3 to a 4 and reboot. | ||
| - | <code> | + | In this file (along with most configuration files) anything following a |
| + | hash symbol # is a comment and not interpreted by init(8). Don't worry | ||
| + | if you don't understand everything about inittab, as many veteran users | ||
| + | don't either. The only line we are interested in is the last on above. | ||
| + | Simply change the 3 to a 4 and reboot. | ||
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| + | <file> | ||
| # These are the default runlevels in Slackware: | # These are the default runlevels in Slackware: | ||
| # 0 = halt | # 0 = halt | ||
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| # Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6) | # Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6) | ||
| id: | id: | ||
| - | </code> | + | </file> |
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| + | ====== Chapter Navigation ====== | ||
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| + | **Previous Chapter: [[slackbook: | ||
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| + | **Next Chapter: [[slackbook: | ||
| ====== Sources ====== | ====== Sources ====== | ||
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| - | * Original source: [[http:// | + | |
| <!-- Authors are allowed to give credit to themselves! --> | <!-- Authors are allowed to give credit to themselves! --> | ||
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