"Graham Balharrie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I bought Linux Mandrake 7.0 and I have installed it off the CD in Dos, and
> now I really want to get into a desktop environment! I am stuck inside the
> Dos Prompt style bits HELP!!
>
> It says in the manual, to change the party in the file "/etc/inittab" from
> "id:3:initdefault :" to "id:5:initdefault"
> And then restart! But I get a thing saying X has respawned to fast and it
> will be disabled for 5 mins!
>
> I really need some help as I am a newbie and I just want to get into a
> desktop environment!
> HELP!!
>
> Graham Balharrie
>
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Try to start the x server manually from a CLI. Type startx
Let us know what happens.
Mike
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