no GUI

i installed RH7.3 on my existing win2K, (linux on dev/hda7 if im not mistaken), i installed it smoothly, with a grub. Then when i try to boot on linux, i inserted the disk(grub), then it presents me the login, so i type the root, then my pwd,. what i want is to open it on a GUI environment like in windows but failed to do it. how can i open it with GUI?. I have installed the packages like GNOME and KDE for the sake of having the GUI. thanks in advance..

after logging in as "root", i run "startx" and here is the error:

(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log"
(==) using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(EE) Mouse0: Cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse 0"
no core pointer

Fatal server error"
failed to initialize core devices
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"

please help.. thanks.

Your problem is that X doesn't think you have a mouse RedHat must have a nice program to configure X... run that, and see if X can find your mouse. Check it's plugged in really well, no dust in the connectors, that sort of thing. If X can't find your mouse, then you're in a bit of a pickle, because it really should I'll leave it to RedHat users to solve anything after that!

Oh and a word of advice: create a user account, then try running X with that. The less you do as root the better, as running things as root can be damaging (as you have full access to all files, so if something goes wrong, you can damage more of your system than as a normal user). You can add users from the shell by using "adduser" (check the man page).

I recently set up a RedHat box for the first time in many years and experienced something similar...
Run Xconfigurator and supply the details for your graphics card, monitor etc. I disabled GPM as that threw a few errors on me...

Any errors during boot btw?

//NoXcuz

would u pls. give me the complete syntax cuz im a complete newbie. thanks again

hello linux gurus, could u pls. help me solve this... thanks again in advance

Ever heard of Google? C'mon, you can figure this stuff out yourself. . .

as root, type "Xconfigurator" in a terminal window. It will then give you a set of menus where you choose your hardware and video card.

type 'man Xconfigurator' for more information.

i've fixed it! , i run setup under root, then i configure my mouse to Generic 2button cuz RH default was 3button mouse. thanks anyway