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IT World ^ | 2005-11-10 | Fred O'Connor

[JSteff]

pclinux from Lincd. I can get it to the graphical interface after I get past the command line page shown here :http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=381&slide=1. Then it comes right back to command line and askes for "localhost login:" To which I type guest and then it asks for "password" and I type guest.

The next command line is " [guest@localhost guest]$"

No matter what I type it says " -bash: guest: command not found "

I have no idea what to do from there. I have zero experience with linux and so this is frustrating.
Any idea where to go next?

thanks
JSteff

[N3WBI3]

[guest@localhost guest]$ This shell promt, youre in as the user guest. Ive never used pclinux but try 'startx'

[FLAMING DEATH]

Try "kdeinit", "xinit", or "startx"

It is bizarre that it's dumping you into text mode on boot, as the version I have takes you straight to a KDE desktop. Maybe you have a bad CD.

Or, it's possible that you don't have at least 256 MB of RAM...I believe that is the minimum for PCLinuxOS, IIRC.

[JSteff]

"Or, it's possible that you don't have at least 256 MB of RAM...I believe that is the minimum for PCLinuxOS, IIRC."

Is 1.5 gig more than 256 MB? LOL

[FLAMING DEATH]

I'd definitely say you have a bad CD, then. Theoretically, with that much RAM, you could put a live Knoppix CD in and have the entire OS load to RAM. I've done this with smaller distros, but never with a biggie like that...