just beginning...

[lighter223]

I installed red hat 9. It took 10 minutes and some googling to find out how to get past logging in. I was confused because I didnt make a login name. this goes to show that I have no linux experience... But I want to learn.

anyway I cant find out how to get to anywhere.

I am left at [root@localhost:]

googling told me that I should setup another user account to use instead of the root account. I believe I tried redhat config user adn it gave me a paragraphs length of text stating something about lines( I so not have it up in front of me... Going off of memory, please forgive). I do knowe however that this is not what is supposed to be happening, obviously.

help needed. maybe the right commands... heck a detailed walkthrough, jk

thank you

[jayd512]

Hi, lighter! Welcome to LinuxForums!

Quick question... did you install Red Hat 9 or Fedora 9? I'm asking because RH9 is quite old and no longer supported. If Fedora 9, then disregard.

To add a new user account, open a terminal, and execute:

useradd <your_login_name>

You will then need a password set for the new account.

passwd <your_login_name>

Enter your password, then again to confirm it. You're good to go! Logout, then log back in with your new account.

By the way, not sure if you know it, but passwords in Linux won't show on screen when you type them in (security measure).

[lighter223]

I havge been away. thanks for the help with adding a new user... and i did know that the password fields are blank as you type. thank you though,,


I do have another part to that question. How do I get to a gui. I installed KDE and Gnome and a third one i gorget. whichever three came with it.

[devils casper]

Does RH9 boot up in GUI mode by default. In case its booting up in Command Line mode, execute startx command and post exact error message here, if any. If GUI loads fine, we can set it default easily.

startx