will it boot to a gui if you type in startx? startkde?
If not you most likely have a video card or monitor config problem.
u may have to run xfconfig, but first find our your video card's actually
memory, your monitor's horizonal and vertical sync rates (there are some
defaults to choose from, but you need to get real close), and keyboard &
mouse types.
-s
On Thursday 08 February 2001 09:59 pm, you wrote:
> Greetings from O-town, Mickey-ville aka Orlando, FL!
>
> I have Mandrake 7.2 installed on a Gateway laptop. Each and every time I
> boot-up the laptop Mandrake defaults to 'console' mode. I can't figure out
> how to start KDE or GNOME. I have KDE set as my default X Window
> environment. Any advice would be much appreciated...
>
> Peace!
> Andrew
