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Thread ID: 41005 2003-12-26 19:10:00 Red Hat 9 tweaking, fixing, and making hospitable Jaguar (4442) Press F1
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203323 2003-12-27 19:03:00 ^^ That's for the nVidia drivers, by the way. ^^ Jaguar (4442)
203324 2003-12-27 19:48:00 > ^^ That's for the nVidia drivers, by the way. ^^

Oh dear. :O

Was this after you edited the XF86Config? When it was asking you questions after everything went horrbily wrong - you needed to say "yes". A simple typo in the XFConfig editing will enduce this as the config file is no longer readable in order for X to load.

Red Hat will give you the option of loading a default XF86Config when it encounters an error in the current one. Try booting up the machine again, and seeing whether it will give you the option of loading this default config again? Say yes this time. You should be able to get back into X (your desktop), and if you paste a copy of your edtited XF86Config, we will see if we can spot the problem line.

Hope the coffee supply hasn't gone already.
Jen C (20)
203325 2003-12-27 20:07:00 (chris drives coffee truck in)

:D
ilikelinux (1418)
203326 2003-12-27 20:08:00 > Can't seem to find it anywhere... and also
> wondering... how am I supposed to "open a non-root"
> terminal? I only have a Default profile... and that
> is the root.

It'd be a good idea then to make a user for yourself

There's a Redhat tool somewhere that'll let you setup users from a GUI.

Try this then:
wish /usr/share/msn/amsn


..When you get the GUI of course.

If you screw up X big time, you can always post here and myself or Jen can send you our working XF86Config file.
Chilling_Silently (228)
203327 2003-12-27 20:08:00 >Can't seem to find it anywhere... and also wondering... how am I supposed to "open a non-root" terminal? I only have a Default profile... and that is the root.

This is a root termimal example:
[root@origin root]#

And a users terminal example:
[jennifer@origin jennifer]$

By simply opening up a Shell (Terminal Console) window, the first prompt you see should be the users example.

Did you not create a general users account during installation of Red Hat 9? The root account should only be used when absolutely required, and you will be often prompted for a root password when performing task that require root privileges.

Open up a console windows and enter in redhat-config-users. If you haven't created a user account (non-root) for yourself, you better make one now. You can find general information on this [url=http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ch-redhat-config-users.htmlUser and Group Configuration[/url]]
Jen C (20)
203328 2003-12-27 20:12:00 Whoops - should of previewed that URL link

Here it is correctly:
User and Group Configuration (www.redhat.com)
Jen C (20)
203329 2003-12-27 20:21:00 can any one help me to make themes for kde? ilikelinux (1418)
203330 2003-12-27 20:46:00 > can any one help me to make themes for kde?

You should make your own thread, rather than trying to introduce a very different question in someone else's thread. Go and have a look here (www.kde-look.org/), and here (http: a8) in particular.
Jen C (20)
203331 2003-12-27 20:59:00 sorry ilikelinux (1418)
203332 2003-12-28 00:33:00 OK, well I pushed yes, and if I turn my screen off and then on, it gives me the display options... and it hangs when I move the mouse.

I simply CAN'T get into Linux.
Jaguar (4442)
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