New to Linux...Need help!

[high_ping]

OK...I have posted this in another forum, but no answers yet!

I have Mandrake 8.0

Here is the issue (2):

1. I downloaded xfree86 4.1.0 and installed per instuctions...now I can not get anything but the xterm window. When I "exit" out of that, it goes to the gui interface for login...when I do it comes up with some error and only offering me to default/failsafe or cancel. Maybe I did something wrong! A matter of fact, I know I probably did...being new to Linux...only installed a few hours ago.

2. I installed because I have to bypass my router to run a counter-strike,Q3A,UT game server. I thought I would run linux for the security it features. I have downloaded the counter-strike tar.gz and can not figure out how to install that. I bought (4.95 at EB) the linux version of Q3A and installed per instructions to no avail. I type in quake3 like it says and nothing. I also downloaded from Loki, the UT installer and it says its missing some opengl/glide dll thing. WTF?

Any help would be super great...for system specs, look at sig.

 

[Andrew275]

1) Well, you'll have to reconfigure your system to use something like KDE or Gnome. Can't remember how to do it at the moment, though I don't think it's too hard.

2) Just UnGZIP/Untar it and look at the README.

 

[Ratchet]

Re: New to Linux...Need help!

OK...I have posted this in another forum, but no answers yet!

I have Mandrake 8.0

Here is the issue (2):

1. I downloaded xfree86 4.1.0 and installed per instuctions...now I can not get anything but the xterm window. When I "exit" out of that, it goes to the gui interface for login...when I do it comes up with some error and only offering me to default/failsafe or cancel. Maybe I did something wrong! A matter of fact, I know I probably did...being new to Linux...only installed a few hours ago.

2. I installed because I have to bypass my router to run a counter-strike,Q3A,UT game server. I thought I would run linux for the security it features. I have downloaded the counter-strike tar.gz and can not figure out how to install that. I bought (4.95 at EB) the linux version of Q3A and installed per instructions to no avail. I type in quake3 like it says and nothing. I also downloaded from Loki, the UT installer and it says its missing some opengl/glide dll thing. WTF?

Any help would be super great...for system specs, look at sig.

1. I assume you installed it via the script binaries found at xfree86.org. If you did then my guess is when it asked you "Overwrite xinit files?" (or something like that) you never really read it and said "yes". What this did was over write the files used to start up programs when X starts (kinda like an autoexec.bat file). One of the things that starts is the windowmanager. To fix it, you either need to create a file in your home directory called .xinitrc (you need the . there to indicate a hidden file) that looks something like this:

#!/bin/sh
staretkde

or edit the /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file. I suggest the home directory way since it's easiest and can be customized for your particular user (if you have more than 1 person using your system). You'd of course replace startkde with whatever WM you want to use (startgnome, enlightenment, blackbox, wmaker, icewm... etc)