Making it all Work

Reminder:  To get out of full screen X, hit CTRL+ESC.

If you haven't started an X server, double click sgt.xlaunch to get an X server running.

Hit ctrl+esc to get back to Windows.

Double click the windows shortcut "debian-sgt-2gb" to start CoLinux.

Note:  This will actually (always) open two windows, and you need to keep both windows running.  One window is a normal command prompt which you can minimize.  The second window is your CoLinux screen.

At this point you should have both CoLinux and an X server running.

If your IP is NOT 192.168.1.1, you will need to edit /etc/profile like this (in CoLinux):

Login as root:

user: root
pass: root

pico /etc/profile

Look for DISPLAY= and change the IP Address to your LAN IP.

Hit ctrl+x, then y, then enter to save.

If you want to create a user account, do so now with the "adduser" command.

When done, type: exit

Login as a normal user, or you can use my sgt-d account:

user: sgt-d
pass: sgt-d

To test all of your hard work (Xming/CoLinux) setup, type:  kde

If you ever need to temporarily override the Display IP saved in /etc/profile, do this at the prompt:

export DISPLAY=YOUR_LAN_IP_ADDRESS:0

Then try:  kde

Click on the Xming button in Windows to see the login process.

KDE should start running full screen.

Note:  To get out of full screen, hit CTRL+ESC.

Also try xfce4 instead of kde, I think you can launch it with the command:

xfce4-session &

After messing with KDE and xfce4, try some of the included window managers!

Ex:  blackbox, fluxbox, wmaker, etc.

On the menus, try changing from one window manager to the others.  Most of them work fine.

Please note that even though the X server might be running a desktop (kde or xfce) or a window manager, you can still hit CTRL+ESC to get back to your CoLinux screen.

Always try to remember to add the "&" at the end of the line you type to launch your Desktop or Window Manager so that you can get back to your CoLinux screen and be able to type there.