Guest briwy Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Im completely new to Linux and have just instakked 10.1 on an old machine to have a go. All went well with the install but on rebooting I get a load of "OKs" and then asked to log in to local host. Putting in my user name and password I get what looks like an e mail address. What am I doing wrong please or where do I go from here? Thanks Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Welcome to MUB After your username/pswd try typing 'startx' (without the apostrophe's). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 hi there :) a basic question: how much ram do you have, and which graphic card do you use? normally, you should boot into a graphical login, not the command-line login (although both work equally well). in case you have problems with the graphical interface not being setup properly, type XFdrake at the prompt. this will start a tool to set up your graphic-card and your resolutions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest briwy Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Thanks for the replies Turns out it was the video card. As I said it is an old machine so changed the video card for a newer one. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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