thereisnolag Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 I am trying to install Mandriva 10, I don't think I'm having any problems in the GUI installer but it's when I reboot, LILO does not seem to start (to my understanding) I do boot in linux but I get a dos like screen where it says : localhost login : password I can login but then what ? If I do LS all I have is a tmp folder AMD 1.1Mhz K7T turbo 30Gig maxtor 512Meg Asus AGP 8170v magic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 after login type "startx" on the command line. Then, you can get into "configure my computer" and go to boot options and check to launch gui at boot. You will need your root login to access the Mandriva Control Center, which is really what "configure my computer" launches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereisnolag Posted March 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 thx it got me a little farther :-) I am now getting the following error : data incomplete in file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" FYI : @ installation I did not see my gfx card in the list I chose the only Asus AGP there was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 Once logged in, type su and supply the root password. Then type mcc, and choose the options to configure your display. Then type exit to get back to your normal user mode, and then try startx again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereisnolag Posted March 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 I chose the generic Gforce 4 and it worked...thx for your help hope my parents like Mandriva :-) thx again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 You may wish to go to nvidia's site and get their linux video driver. It is much better than the Mandriva supplied driver for nvidia chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereisnolag Posted March 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Will do, but now after getting Java and Limewire installed I tried to xfer files from my win box to my lnx box, after the xfer was done I got this error message saying cannot write to "new folder" (the one I was xfering from my PC), I rebooted and..well I can't get to the gui anymore...I'll post this in a new post with more details of what the error is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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