How to go to desktop? In WARY PUPPY?

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RIZARDOUZ7 · #1 Post by **RIZARDOUZ7** » Sun 31 Jul 2011, 01:52

It's a shame that I was very noob, that I keep on thinking that I wasn't able to login as root when all this time I am automatically login as root.

Now, as a newbie, what I want to know is how do I go to the desktop then? What command should I type to go to the desktop and start using wary puppy.

Thanks.

RIZARDOUZ7 · #2 Post by **RIZARDOUZ7** » Sun 31 Jul 2011, 02:14

muggins · #3 Post by **muggins** » Sun 31 Jul 2011, 02:47

Puppy doesn't have a desktop folder...it's more like a link. What is it you want to do?

If you want to add a program to the desktop, just drag the relevant executable onto the desktop. You can then right-click & select a suitable icon.

#4 Post by **Makoto** » Sun 31 Jul 2011, 05:19

Try typing 'xwin' (without the quotes, of course).

But, doesn't Wary normally boot to the desktop?

Also, you may want to avoid bumping your posts after only an hour. Maybe a day or two (or more), but not within a few hours.

#5 Post by **BÃ©Ã¨m** » Sun 31 Jul 2011, 17:29

RIZARDOUZ7,
You should give all the relevant basic info about your system.
Hardware, software, partitioning, how you run puppy, how you installed if you did so.

Don't expect people here to read in you mind.
We don't see what you see.
You have to describe that very accurately.

starhawk · #6 Post by **starhawk** » Sun 31 Jul 2011, 20:18

Waitaminit. Are you passing the instruction "nox" at boot...? That boots you to a prompt without graphics... and you can't do very much there. I'd get rid of "nox", which will also fix the login problem and probably several other things.

James C · #7 Post by **James C** » Sun 31 Jul 2011, 20:49

This is a totally confusing thread but.......I've installed Wary on a number of old computers and it should just boot to the desktop.Just did a full install of Wary 512 last night.More details needed before you can get a good answer.

RIZARDOUZ7 · #8 Post by **RIZARDOUZ7** » Mon 01 Aug 2011, 10:56

Thanks Everyone!

Problem solved! Since I am really a newbie, I didn't know that I needed to type "xwin" lol.

bigpup · #9 Post by **bigpup** » Mon 01 Aug 2011, 14:42

You still have something wrong if Wary does not boot directly to the desktop.

starhawk · #10 Post by **starhawk** » Mon 01 Aug 2011, 16:12

Saw something somewhere that you have a Radeon card...? Boot normally, and when xorgwizard runs, select the "choose" button. There should be a driver for ATi (e.g. Radeon) cards in there somewhere. I've never actually had to do that, so I can't tell you which driver, but it should be there.

Good luck!

RIZARDOUZ7 · #11 Post by **RIZARDOUZ7** » Mon 01 Aug 2011, 16:30

Well does wary really boot to the desktop instantly? Anyway, I have no problems on entering xwin everytime I start it.

Also regarding my radeon card, yes I have tried that already. I choose the radeon driver from the list but it does not solve the issue with xorg. Probably it has something to do with the kernel of this puppy version just like what nooby told me on my other thread.

Now, I need to search for a similar thread regarding my radeon card, however lucid puppy works fine with my radeon card, but T_T my sound card does not. It's so funny not being able to use fully either of the two.

(( Lucid: no sounds, Wary: xorg not working only xvesa but has sounds lol.

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