On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Oct 1999,Foris Gabor wrote:
> | HI!
> |
> | I just lately installed linux mandrake as my os and today a strange thing
> | happaned.
> | It loaded up itself, but when it should start the graphics display, it
> | could not. and the login window did not appear, just a blank scree?
> | What do u think about it?
> |
> | FG
>
> Foris,
>
> Did you get any errors while starting ? When you get to the "blank screen", try
> pressing CTRL+ALT+F1 and see if you can get to that console. It will show you
> messages from the software that loaded, including the X-server. Perhaps this
> information will help debug the problem.
>
> Ernie
I did that myself, and I went to another log in prompt. I put in my user
account name and password and it said there was a problem with my window
server, but then, I switeched back (presumably ctrl-alt-f1) there was not sort
of graphical interface.
