mandrake help
 

I just installed mandrake and when I reboot it just comes up at for lack of another word command prompt. Does anyone know how to start the grafical interface I installed KDE and Gnome

is it a dual boot machine, or are you only running mandrake on it?


What version of mandrake? 9.1?

xp and mandrake 9.1

It's been a little while since I last used Linux, but I think startx is what you're looking for if you're in the Linux command prompt.

Thank you im going to try it

It didnt work said invalid file is there anyway to just install kde

if startx didn't work try typing

append="init 3"


and your gui *should* load up. It's been awhile for me, so i'm not positive.

Let me know what happens :)

I think it's 'init 5' for the GUI; 3 for the command prompt - but if startx isn't working then init is unlikely to help.

You can just install KDE from Mandrake; you probably have to go for "advanced package configuration" or similar at install time.

Yeah, I'd reinstall. I assume this is a fairly fresh installation, so there's no data to lose?

My guess is, you left some stuff unchecked in the installer GUI, and you didn't get X or some other components installed or installed correctly.

Hey, and flamingpeach----Damn, girl! A cute woman who's on speaking terms with the init system.... I think I'm in LOVE! :D

I wouldn't say he needs to reinstall, he just needs to do a little editing and he can change the way he boots up.



I learned alot of stuff like this because I use to have the same problems myself and no help :p

Thanks I just reinstalled no problem this time. Im at the Tfp in mandrake I like it.

I suggested a reinstall because a complaint about a corrupted file and a failure to startx sounded like more than a configuration issue. And for a Linux beginner.... I just didn't want to give him the vi jitters too early. He'll have time for all that later. ;-)