-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-09-28 14:46 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is X already installed? (the system boots to a text login)
Most likely. I did a stage 3 installation of 2005.1 a few days ago and ended up getting both X and a whole bunch of other stuff installed. Chances are you have it, too. "etcat -s x11" will tell you for sure. If not, doing "emerge xorg-x11" as root will install it. > how do i start X? Log in, then issue the command "startx" (no, really!). If you want the system to boot to a graphical login, log in as root and issue the command "rc-update add xdm default" to add the X display manager (xdm) to the default runlevel. > How do I install new software ? (gnome and so on) Use "emerge", preferably with the "-a" (--ask) option so that you have a chance to bail out before it installs everything and the kitchen sink if you don't want it to. "emerge -s" (--search) will search for a package with a name containing the given string. See "man emerge" for more possibilities. - -- Michael Kjörling, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://michael.kjorling.com/ * ASCII Ribbon Campaign: Against HTML Mail, Proprietary Attachments * * ..... No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings ..... * -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDOmxqdY+HSb3praYRApKEAKCb9mX2u10JMuWNhRQ4m+TvGsJezwCfSYXz umlOeFm0E7Rxqllw+AjpJBM= =BlzV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
