-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:16:00 -0800, Melissa Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] Mandrake installed! (sort of):
Hello Melissa, >In spite of my worries, curiosity (and your encouragement!) has caused >me to install Mandrake. Everything seems to have gone well. I have >no problem choosing either Linux or Windows at startup. However... Congratulations! >When I choose Linux, all goes relatively well [*], but then I get to >the big scary black screen that demands my "localhost login" and >password. Fine...I enter both, and then I see this: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] melissa l$ <blinking cursor> > >I have no idea what to type next! :-) Nothing scary at all. You probably missed the question whether or not you wanted a graphical login. You can still change that. You`ll want to start the graphical, or X window server. Some installs have the package Xtart, but usually X will do as a start command: type: Xtart (case sensitive!) or type: X (capital X) not sure anymore what is in a pristine install: I prefer not to reinstall, always try to update. Wait a few moments and you will get a login screen for the username & password. >Since I can't get past this >point, I had to shut down the power (only way I could find to escape >this looming black hole). Pity, potentially you could damage something; but usually you wouldn`t. If you can`t get out in any way do [ Ctrl + Alt + Del ] and the box will reboot. After you login and before you logout please go to the `Configure your computer`, which you should find in the menu. If you happen to have been bit by the menu bug, please do [ Alt + F2 ], type in the command box `mcc` and enter. Give the root password you recorded during installation. Go to `System` and `Display manager` (traffic sign). Choose MdkKDM and press OK. Next reboot you should get the graphical login screen instead of the nice big black screen. >[*] As I was watching the boot up in "verbose" mode, while most things >displayed a nice green "OK", I did notice a couple of red "Failed" >items: > >Port Mapper >Random Number Generator You probably unselected the services during install. While in the same `System` screen of the MCC, press icon for DrakXServices and you get a screen showing all kinds of services which can / should or should not run. Select portmap and random, press Start for both and flag `On boot` for both. Enjoy! Regards, =Dick Gevers= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/uqFTwC/zk+cxEdMRAiXqAKDgHgw2g75u56GS92iUgBPc7ZI4fwCgqvzL ibNWJoaniUW2iMUKwyPKlhA= =/NB6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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