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Topic: Installed to HD, but can't save anything., Probably a n00bish question

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Posted: July 18 2008,13:25

Quote (Juanito @ July 18 2008,13:14)

If you want any changes you made to be saved then you need to use the control panel "backup/restore" button.

Oooh, fantastic. I went to Control Panel and 'backup/restore' and typed 'hda2' in the box. It now seems to be remembering things. Thanks very much!

Okay, one last query and then I promise to stop bugging you guys for a while:

1) What changes do I need to make to the GRUB in order for it to just automatically load 'DSL fb1024x768' instead of bringing up that menu each time I boot.

2) I realise that, to get rid of the 'getting started with DSL' popup, I need to edit the .xinitrc file. But where is it??

Many, many thanks to everyone who has responded. Your input has been greatly appreciated.

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Posted: July 18 2008,13:50

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I realise that, to get rid of the 'getting started with DSL' popup, I need to edit the .xinitrc file. But where is it??

/home/dsl/.xinitrc - open a terminal window, enter "beaver /home/dsl/.xinitrc" and you will be able to edit the file.

Note that the "." in ".xinitrc" makes the file "hidden", the "file open" menu in beaver will not show it and emelfm will not show the file unless you click on the "H" button.

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Posted: July 18 2008,18:21

1. edit menu.lst - how you do it depends on what kind of installation you did. In general, for frugal installations you can do something like `sudo beaver /cdrom/boot/grub/menu.lst `

2. In addition to the above answer: in most cases, the terminal emulator will start in ~ (which would be /home/dsl) so you can just enter something like `beaver .xinitrc ` as the startup doc suggests.

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