On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 10:45:19AM -0700, Mark Vojkovich wrote: > > I am new to Linux ( I can hear you groan ) > > > > I have been trying to install Xine or Rplayer onto my Redhat Enterprise WS Linux installation & was told I needed XFree86 which I carefully downloaded the correct version from your website & I think installed it correctly > > > > I still cannot load either Xine or Rplayer as there other dependencies they need but that is not my main concern at the moment > > > > When I boot Linux now, at the login screen when I normally go straight into the KDE GUI, I have a window open that calls itself Console log for localhost.localdomain > > If you were running KDE before, you obviously already had XFree86 > running. I assume you downloaded and installed a newer version of > XFree86 for upgrade purposes. Nope, Mark; he almost certainly did it for I-don't-know-any-better purposes. Hopefully, he hasn't horked his entire install, but I wouldn't bet cash. > > Even at the login screen I choose the session type radio buttons & click KDE or GNOME all I go into is a new screen called xterm > > It sounds like no window manager is configured. I'm not sure > what the prefered way to change window managers is on RH these days. > They used to have an app called "switchdesk". You might try running > that. It probably gives an option to start KDE. > > > > I now realise that XFree86 is a lot more than a necessary library for Xine etc but I have bitten off a bit more than I can chew Chris has. Chris, find a local geek who speaks RedHat; this has gotten too big to deal with on a mailing list, I'm afraid. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@xxxxxxxxxxx Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 "They had engineers in my day, too." -- Perry Vance Nelson _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
