[Lvlug] Finally Installed Red Hat 6.2- Need Assistance

LFessen106@aol.com LFessen106@aol.com
Mon, 20 Nov 2000 07:15:45 EST


In a message dated 11/19/00 6:55:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
homefry@fast.net writes:

> I finally installed Red Hat 6.2. (its installed on my second hd)  I thought
>  it was a successful installation until I logged in- when I use the startx
>  command- uh, nothing starts, I get "command not found".   When I type ls -l
>  or ls -s, I get 0 files found.  I obviously missed something during the
>  install.  I have installed Red Hat 6.1 two other times and have never
>  encountered this problem.  Any suggestions?  Should I just reinstall? Any
>  help is appreciated.  Thanks :-)
>  
>  Jen
>  

Did you do the server or a workstation install?  In 6.2 the server install 
doesn't have xwindows anymore.
Also, make sure to run 'updatedb' and then you can use 'locate' to find your 
files quicker..
-Linc.