Okay, I tried booting from CD. Pressing F1 takes me to a prompt that says boot. It also gives some suggestions. I typed rescue. From there it takes me to a menu which has options like installing bootloaders etc. I chose the option which gave me the console. From here I typed KDE. Nothing happened. I tried login, but all that did was refresh the screen. So I rebooted. I removed the CD. When my boot loader appeared I chose FailSafe. This brought me to a console where I entered the Root password. I then typed KDE. It started to load and then crashed. A long message popped up that said it could not find the default font - fixed. It also said something about connection being reset by peer etc. etc. So I am still stuck with nothing. Any more suggestions?
Wade ----- Original Message ----- From: "JoeHill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] System Hangs on Login > On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:36:46 -0600 > "Wade Waldron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > I have just installed Mandrake 9.1. Everything worked fine until I > > tried to login. I have tried loging in as a user and as root. In > > either case, the cursor displays the timer icon, my hardrive buzzes > > like it is working, but nothing ever happens. I have left it for a > > half an hour and nothing changes. I installed the KDE windowing > > system and am selecting it when I login. When I boot my system it > > give me options to use linux-secure, linux, and a few others. I have > > tried both linux-secure and linux. Neither works with root or a user > > login. Can anyone offer any suggestions? > > boot from the CD and hit F1 for options. what you want to try to do is > get to a text-mode login, referred to as runlevel 3. > > From there, try starting KDE manually. Log in with your user and pass, > then type "kde" at the prompt. > > -- > + Joe Hill > + Registered Linux user #282046 > + Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net > + ICQ# 279518458 > + Don't believe the Hype! > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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