gui in dsl

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: gui in dsl
started by: flagpole

Posted by flagpole on Jan. 30 2007,09:21

hi all,
apologies if this has been asked before but i cant find the answer in the forums.
i am hoping to use dsl ,i have seen screen shots of a gui but when i boot up from a cd it open a cli.

can anyone tell me the command etc i need to run to open dsl in a gui,

thanks for your help.

Posted by mikshaw on Jan. 30 2007,14:40

DSL _should_ put you into a gui automatically. My guess is there is a problem getting the gui started, often caused by a monitor that the x server doesn't know how to handle.

First thing I'd do is try the command "startx" just to see if the gui will start.
Second, try the command "xsetup.sh". This will allow you to configure your x server for various hardware. After making changes, try the command "startx" again.

Posted by flagpole on Jan. 30 2007,17:13

thanks for the reply Mikshaw,
ill give that a go!!

Posted by flagpole on Jan. 30 2007,18:24

thats did the trick!!

could you please tell me how i can access files on the c:\ of the pc.
im trying to repair a laptop by 1) moving files to a usb device (no floppy) and 2) copy a file onto the c: drive.

im afriad i dont know how to do this in linux.

thx

Posted by mikshaw on Jan. 30 2007,18:35

Your c: drive is most likely hda1. You can use the mount tool in the bottom of the screen to mount hda1, then access the files through the directory /mnt/hda1

If your c: drive is formatted with the NTFS file system, I'm afraid you won't be able to copy files to it from within DSL...at least not without adding support for NTFS wrting yourself.

Posted by u2musicmike on Jan. 30 2007,18:51

If you have your gui going you should see a file cabinet icon named emlfm. When I open mine I see the home directory on the left side and knoppix directories on the right. Look on the right for the /mnt directory and double click it. You should see some more directories and you will look for /hda1 or hd?? for your c: drive. The usb device is usually /sda1 or sd??. If you see them just do a right click and select mount.

Posted by flagpole on Jan. 30 2007,19:12

ill give that a go, thanks.

Posted by flagpole on Jan. 31 2007,08:27

thank you all for your help.
dsl fixed my problem!!!
great little o.s. will be using more often