stuck at root@localhost

[coolsonyeh]

so i installed f12 from a dvd my friend gave me.after the package installation and the system reboot i log in as "root" and typed my root password then [root@localhost ~]# came up now i have no idea what to do next. the installer wont run in graphics just textbase im new to linux and im willing to learn but what do i do next. thanks

[CSchwangler]

Did you choose to install a desktop environment? You could try to execute startx and see if it starts a gui.

[Dan]

You will need to use your user account you set up. Root GUI login is unavailable by default in F12.

[coolsonyeh]

Originally Posted by CSchwangler

Did you choose to install a desktop environment? You could try to execute startx and see if it starts a gui.

i did choose the desktop but still it runs on text. i logged in my user account and and startx but it says -bash: startx: command not found.

---------- Post added at 10:51 AM CST ---------- Previous post was at 10:50 AM CST ----------

Originally Posted by Dan

You will need to use your user account you set up. Root GUI login is unavailable by default in F12.

i did use my user account but -bash: startx: cannot be found.

PS:
im using a dell inspiron 1100 with Intel P4 2ghz 386MB RAM

[leone1]

You should have no problem logging in to a desktop environment as root. You just cannot do it from the GUI as Dan stated. Are you able to connect to the internet? Run the command ping google.com or something like that to test. Try a yum groupinstall "X Window System" . You may have to install either Gnome or KDE as well.

[coolsonyeh]

Originally Posted by leone1

You should have no problem logging in to a desktop environment as root. You just cannot do it from the GUI as Dan stated. Are you able to connect to the internet? Run the command ping google.com or something like that to test. Try a yum groupinstall "X Window System" . You may have to install either Gnome or KDE as well.

i tried the yum groupinstall "X Window System" it returns Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again.

[leone1]

Make sure that the fedora repository is enabled. cat /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo .

[fedora]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
metadata_expire=7d
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

A quick search turned up some having luck with commenting in the baseurl line. Also check this post http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showth...tory%3A+fedora

[coolsonyeh]

Originally Posted by leone1

Make sure that the fedora repository is enabled. cat /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo .

[fedora]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
metadata_expire=7d
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$basearch

A quick search turned up some having luck with commenting in the baseurl line. Also check this post http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showth...tory%3A+fedora

sorry it took me awhile to answer i did check if it is enabled and it is.

[leone1]

You can try a yum clean all then yum check-update . Also can try a yum clean expire-cache then yum check-update.