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

[TaylorG at southport-college.ac.uk]

The following is really strange, I think it sugest that the X server is not 
even installed. See if you have the directory:
	/etc/X11/

You can install the X server, then a GUI like KDE but I find this to be a pain 
in the arss :)
What you can do in boot up using your install disk and run through the setup 
again.
NOTE: Do not format any partion, and select: use current partions. If it 
forces you to format then only format the Swap partion.

When selecting which packages to install, select KDE or Gnome (or both). This 
will quickly install the X server and the GUI desktop manager.

If anyone else has any idea then please post back


> Thanks for your reply. The first login screen is a command shell.
> 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]$