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On Thursday 17 Feb 2005 11:01, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
>
> Thanks, h k.... Where do you live ?
>
> I'm a little confused about what you're trying to do...
>
> (1) Why connect from the CLI ? - If you absolutely must then (as
> root) : "ifconfig eth0".  That is if you use ethernet as your
> interface ?  -  Otherwise I'd recommend the GUI way for newbies,
> just  : "mcc", then give root password.  Go to Network & Internet
> and make your choices.
>
> (2) I don't have Nvidia, but I think you can use it in fb mode
> (frame buffer) without the Nvidia drivers until you get things
> sorted out.
>
> (3) I don't thing you need to run xconfigurator, only XFdrake.
>
> (4,5,6) You'll need to run XFdrake as root.
>
> Lastly, a dumb question : Do you have a x server running ?
>
Kaj, he hasn't managed to boot into X at all - that's where this all started.  
My theory was that there was a problem with graphics drivers and/or monitor 
and that he should run the drakes from the cli to get them set up right, but 
he hasn't managed to do that, either.

Anne
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Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/)
Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?  Mandrake at all levels
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