Fwd: Re[2]: [Preston] Re: Booting up Mandrake 9.2

[TaylorG at southport-college.ac.uk]

Is the first login screen graphical or is that a CLI aswell.
Try typing into the CLI (once logged in) startx, shown below

	name at localhost ]$ startx
 
Post back any error messages that was displayed.
Also check out /etc/inittab and make sure the GUI is set to run first, shown 
below.

	# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by Mandrake Linux are:
	#   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
	#   1 - Single user mode
	#   2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
	#   3 - Full multiuser mode
	#   4 - unused
	#   5 - X11
	#   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
	#
	id:5:initdefault:

You may have:
	id:3:initdefault:

Post back the startx results.

Gizard

On Thursday 12 Feb 2004 7:04 am, Granville Cousins wrote:
> Hello PLUG,
>
>   I have just installed Mandrake 9.2 onto my Laptop. When the bootup
>   sequence begins everything goes well until it reaches a stage where
>   it asks me for my localhost login. I give my login name and then my
>   password. This is accepted but then the screen goes down to a
>   command prompt [name at localhost name]$ and I can't boot into the
>   Graphical Desktop of Mandrake. What command should I give to do
>   this. I am a newby with Linux so please keep any replies as simple
>   as poss.
>
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> Chris> Assuming you have installed and setup XFree properly, and the window
> Chris> manager/desktop environment of your choice, when you installed,
> Chris> all you need to type is ``startx'' at the command prompt.
> Chris> This should start up a graphical environment for you to work in.
>
> Thanks for your reply. When I type in startx I get the following
> message.
>
> [granville at localhost granville]$ startx
> Using authority file /home/granville/.Xauthority
> Writing authority file /home/granville/.Xauthority
> Using authority file /home/granville/.Xauthority
> Writing authority file /home/granville/.Xauthority
>
> execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 13)
> giving up
> xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X
> server
> xinit: No such process (errno3): Server error:
> [granville at localhost granville]$
>
> It looks as though XFree was not set up correctly at installation.
> Do you have any tips on this? Where could I download an installation
> guide for Mandrake 9.2. I have previously installed Mandrake 9.0 with
> no such problems. Will the installation manual for Mandrake 9.0 work
> with Mandrake 9.2?
>
> PS. Could you please read again the message at the top of this email.
> I have copied my ammended message there as I noticed after I had
> sent the original that I had made a mistake. After I typed my login
> and password I was taken to the command prompt and not down to root.
> The command prompt is shown below.
>
> [name at localhost name]$
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> NB: Please reply to this email and disregard previous one.