On 06-Mar-2000 Oliver Marshall wrote:
> I installed Mandrake using the recommended option, and basically went with
> the defaults.It all worked ok, but i couldnt telnet into the unix box from
> anywhere on the network.
That's because M doesn't install the telnet *server* in 'Recommended'. Why?
Because they don't want to have x thousand boxen out there with open telnet
ports... You just have to install the telnet-server rpm. And you have to telnet
in as a normal user. 'root'-logins don't work (security).
(http://www.mandrakeuser.org/troubles/tquick2.html#telnet)
> A client of mine told me to try re-installing it as a SERVER option, and
> that this would help. Now that i have done this, I dont get X up when I
> boot. Rather than the login window with a penguin, i get a plain white box
> with username and password. If i log on, I get two console windows come up.
> Thats it, no icons, taskbar, menus, clock, just two console windows. I cant
> use CTL ESC to change tasks.
>
> Any Ideas ?
This is because the 'server' option defaults to a higher MSEC security level
(MdkUserGuide, 7). In this level nobody is allowed to connect to X, since this
would pose a major security risk on servers (which don't need X anyway). You
have to enable this.
But I think it might be easier when you change the security level via
init.sh 2
executed as root. This will set your system to a lower security level and -
hopefully ;-) - alllow you to run X again. Maybe you have to reboot - I don't
know.
> I thought I told it to reboot into X when it loads, and have indeed tried to
> reinstall it once more with the same results.
>
> Olly
Hope that explained it ;-)
Regards
tom
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