On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 09:32:06 -0700, Doug Carter <dscinland@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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@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 Where did you want to go? (^: I will take a guess that you were expecting a GUI. I think you have to configure a GUI in inittab. Someone more adept at this can surely guide you. I would suggest to reinstall and make sure to select a desktop I think there are 3 choices, KDE, Gnome and another?? hth, Richard > > Doug Carter > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >
