It was Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:39:53 -0400 when Stanton, Curt (NCI/IMS) wrote: >I installed with the recommended option, because this is the first time I >have installed Linux. The installation went fine. I booted up into Mandrake >and I would click on something and nothing would happen. I decided to try a >different install. I did the expert install and it seemed to install fine >but when I boot into Mandrake it only gives me text mode. Does anyone have >any tips for me? Thank you You can type "startx" from a prompt after logging in. Then press enter. You can also change the init default to 5 in /etc/inittab, but if this is the first time you run Linux, let's first get you into X. Paul -- Steve Balmer, CEO of Microsoft, referred to LINUX as a cancer. Unsurprisingly, that's incorrect; LINUX was released on August 25th, 1991 and is therefore a Virgo. http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.3
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