brads Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Hi All. New to linux and Mandrake 9.2. Have installed 9.2 onto formatted 8gb HDD using whole drive. Installed OK then booted OK, went through startup process until I got the following lines of text. ( Note; bootup had not yet reached the desktop or the first login window). Mandrake Linux Release 9.2 (five star) for i586 Kernel 2.4.22 - 10 mdk on an i586 / tty1 Local Host Login:_ I entered my user name & pressed `enter` Password:_ I entered my user password & got the following: [neil@localhost neil]$ Can anyone tell me what I am supposed to enter here? Should I have gotten these lines at all rather than the normal login window? Have I mucked up the install somehow. A linux `newbie` would appreciate some advice please! Cheers: Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colnago Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 I would expect that you need to configure your x-server. Boot again and log in as root rather than your user id, then try entering 'startx' (without the quotes) and either it should start into the desktop you expect, or it will flicker and then leave you back at the prompt (with some messages in between). If it puts you into the desktop, you can use the control centre to setup the boot into the x-server by default (under hardware->graphical server). If it does not work, there is a command line tool to set up the configuration file. Enter 'xf86config' and it will start you off. You need to know a few things lke the mouse type (IMPS/2 for wheel mouse), and the refresh rate of your monitor in the case that it is not in the list. If it doesnt work, you can always rerun the script. Before you run the 'xf86config', copy the original so that you can move it back in case the problem is something else (to do this, 'cd /etc/X11' then 'cp XF86Config-4 XF86Config-4.bak'). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 logging in to X as root is not recommended, however. I would log in as your normal user and enter 'startx' without the quotes. Everything should start up just fine. If you want it to boot into X when you start up, go to the Mandrake Control Center (mcc) and configure X to start at boot in the boot options screen. If X does not start when you type startx, you will need to su to root. Type su <enter> enter your root password <enter> and type 'XFdrake' without the quotes to configure the X server. After that is done, type exit to return to your normal user, then type startx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 mandrakes tools for this are either drakconf or XFdrake if you still have trouble.... What video card? What were the errors when you did startx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brads Posted February 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Many thanks to all of you above. I seem to have muddled through using the XFdrake solution. How, I`m not sure but boots OK now. I do, however have another proble which I`ve entered under a new topic, `Where`s My KPPP Dialup Shortcut` Thanks again all: Brads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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