Hi

yes I did and I installed it...but now when I reboot it ask for the login and password


I do not remember creating a login.........so it must be some default

The password I know but after I put in a login and hit enter none of the keys work only the return key......Is that because the login is no right?

How can I get around this or am I reinstalling and paying more attention this time?

By default, a "root" account (equivalent to the Windows "Administrator" account) should have been created. At the login prompt, type "root" (omit the quotes). If that leads you to a "password" prompt, enter the password there. You will see no characters displayed when you type the password; this is a security feature.

Try that and see what happens. Let us know if it doesn't work; there are ways around the problem.

Hi

Well that worked....Now it said I have new mail.............never even set up any email address.............................

[root@localhost root]#

it apears it is asking for a command line

The mail notification isn't Internet email, it's your system sending you status messages. By default most Linux installations are configured to automatically send the system/network administator notifications on different aspects of system's/network's status (or changes in status).

Type "mail" at the command prompt and you'll see what I'm talking about. You can read the mail man page for more info.

Hello,

I would have him install pine (go to the RPMS on your CD-ROMS and find pine), and use a more friendly text-based email solution.

Also, use the adduser command to create a non-root user for your normal work. When you are logged in as root, you are God, and you can very easily kill off your computer with one command. A smart owner would quickly create a new non-root account to explore and do daily work with.

Glad it is working for you,

Christian

Hi

Hey thanks for all the advice it is great ..................I typed in mail and it gave me all kinds of info

I think what my problem is that I have built in video S3 prosavage 8......................I could not find it in the video driver list so I picked the prosavage 4 now when I boot it says


I can not start the x server (your graphical interface) It is likely it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the x server output to diagnose the problem

Is there a way to change that back to VESA which was what it had picked as default

See if you can start RH's video configuration tool from the command line by typing:

redhad-config-xfree86

Hi

Thank you for all your help I am in and playing around.....So far I like.............. familar yet different.this is going to be cool

Careful- it'll grow on you... :mrgreen:

Khuman, which distro are you trying to install. It seems like you are trying to install a old distro, which is not able to recognize the kind of disk drive you have, rather is only able to detect scsi drive like your CDROM, I face similar issues when my sata disk was not recognized by old fedora and red hat distros.