Installed Live CD

[randy12]

I installed the Live CD and it was successful, when I rebooted and went to the screen with Fedora and other I am having trouble I am entering my user name and password and the next line I need to enter my GUI version name for Fedora 9, but I needed some help getting this name and I need to know if this is correct. What i am trying to do is install Ubuntu on my 8th partition after I have this figured out. I wanted to have a dual boot with Fedora and ubuntu.

[randy12]

I tried a first boot but I am getting file not found What can I do?

[randy12]

When I am boot, I am entering my user name , password and I need to know the [root@localhost~] # Please need some advice?

[Seve]

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[sidebrnz]

I'm not sure exactly what's going on, but I'll give it a try, just to get you started. From what you write, when you try to boot Fedora, you get a command line, not a GUI, and can only log on as root. If so, the following might help you. Type this:

nano /etc/inittab

This will open up a very simple text editor; the commands are all at the bottom of the screen. Down at the bottom, there will be a line tht loos something like this:

id:3:initdefault:

If so, change the 3 to 5 AND NOTHING ELSE. Save the file, exit, and type:

reboot

This will reboot your computer. If all goes well, Fedora will come up in a GUI, and the program firstboot will run. This will take care of setting up your regular username and everything else needed. In any event, let us know what happens.

[randy12]

At the top the Gnu nano 2.0.6 , I am in the file, but there is no tht loos line and not at the bottom. I have get help, exit, write out, justify, etc.. It also says inittab is only used by upstart for the default level :next line adding other configuration here will have no effect on your system. system initialization is started by /etc/event.d/rcs. Please respond I think I am close I ordered the Live Cd and Dvd and just got it in the mail today and would really like to get started. I thought I needed the GUI version name but I would like to reboot without entering username and password and I am going to install ubuntu on my 8th partition after I get this going. Thanks for your help.

[sidebrnz]

The file is too long to be able to see it all at once, and what you need is off the screen at the beginning. Just use the down-arrow on your keyboard to scroll down. You *WILL* eventually see that line, because it's the only line in the entire file that does anything.

BTW, "tht loos line" was a typo; it should have read "that looks like."

[randy12]

It was already a 5 I did that typed Y and exited the screen and rebooted. After reboot it showed up in the other scrren which read, Booting 'other' root verify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 I then changed back to Fedora 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 and it then asked me to enter my user name and password and then I typed in nano /etc/inittab and followed the same instructions To save the file you type Y and exit X and then reboot. Thanks if you would reply back I would appreciate it.

[sidebrnz]

You don't need to do that every time. The reason I had you do it is that it sounded like you were booting into runlevel 3, which is a command prompt only. Now, I know you've got a GUI. Have you been able to set up a non-root user, yet, or are you still logging in as root?

[randy12]

I am still logging in as root !

[sidebrnz]

That's not good. Delete /etc/sysconfig/firstboot and reboot, and the firstboot program should run. That will walk you through setting up your user account, among other things.

[randy12]

Where is /etc/synconfig when I type in it is saying file not found and why is that not good Is it where when I first boot up I am lost and frustrated. Or do I need to , it is not in the nano /etc/inittab and when it boots up I did not see it in everythings O.K. Thanks for help.

[randy12]

I just went to Where is and /etc/synconfig is not found also!

[sidebrnz]

Did you use /etc/sysconfg or /etc/sysconfig/firstboot because they're not the same thing. The first is a directory, and you can't delete it like that. The second is the file that keeps track of whether Linux needs to run firstboot.

If you typed the second and it didn't work, then apparently, it's not there. That means that firstboot should run, but it doesn't. I'm presuming here, that you're using Gnome. If so, go to System, Administration, Services. Scroll down to firstboot and make sure it's active. If not, activate it. Exit, reboot and that *should* do it. If not, you'll probably need help from somebody who knows more than I do.

[sidebrnz]

Whereis is used to find executable files 0nlly. Just follow my most recent instructions, and forget about /etc/inittab. It's no longer relevant.