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thechunkster : 01/09/02 03:40 AM : Incident created -   I've installed mandrake and followed all the steps. I rebooted the computer and it asks me what to boot and i choose linux, then it tells me to enter my username and password after i do that, it takes me to DOS, but i don't know what to type in to continue.
Linegod_7611 : 01/09/02 04:06 AM : Reply received -   Type 'startx' But if you want it start in Graphical Mode, run 'XFdrake' (as root - type 'su' first, then your root password) and at the end it will ask if you want to start with the GUI. ----- Note: If this answer resolves your problem, please remember to close this incident.
thechunkster : 01/09/02 04:27 AM : More info provided -   i cant try it yet until tomorrow because the room is being painted and thanks alot. I will close the incident if it works
starfan : 01/09/02 09:10 AM : Reply received -   Also, to be more informative, it isn't DOS that you are looking at. That is Linux you are in, the original look to it. It is based from Unix, which incidentally, MS changed DOS 2.0 to be Unix like. Obviously you want the graphical interface, which is also known as X or X11 or Xfree86 (many names, all the same). What makes Linux different from Windows is that the GUI is separate from the kernel, or operating system. (technically, the kernel is the only part that is actually Linux, everything else is, well for simplicy's sake, something else) X, the gui, runs as a server client relationship, but not as you might think of a server. The server starts and runs on your machine. A client also runs. The server and cleint send messages to each other, and to make a long story short, puts what you see on the screen. The cool thing is, which you might not ever use, is that one computer can have X running, but the display can be on another machine, or machines even. There are alot more things, but I won't go into them as I have probably told you more than you want to know for now. You likely will need to be root to do: startx You can also (as root) type: init 5 Once you get in, you can open the mandrake control center and go to Boot -> boot config and put a check in the box that says "Launch the X window system at start" This too will allow you to start in the gui instead of the command line. Some also call this terminal or console or konsole as KDE does. I'll include the standard text for superuser at the bottom. Thanks. The following entries are Mandriva Expert standard texts, added to the expert's comments: [ about ]  Superuser Terminal Window 1. Opening a terminal. There are a few ways to do this. The easiest is in KDE of GNOME or Xfce, where a terminal icon is displayed on the panel bar at the bottom of the screen. Just click it. Otherwise, open the menu and select "Terminals" and choose one. Eterm, Konsole,and rxvt are all OK as is Xterm. Eterm and Konsole have histories so one can backscroll and also use the up-arrow to call up previous commands. 2. Once the terminal is open, a prompt will show, like this: [tester@v5 tester]$ _ The underscore doesn't show, but I used it to show where the cursor is. 3. Now to make this the superuser, or root user, we employ the su (setuser id) command. [tester@v5 tester]$ su Password: _ 4. The system waits for you to type your root password. After you have completed this and hit , you should see: [tester@v5 tester]$ su Password: [root@v5 tester]# _ In this case, I was logged in as the username 'tester' and now in this window only I am logged in as root, but still in the directory /home/tester. If you see a screen like this, then you have opened a terminal window and logged in as superuser. If you see error messages, then you have proof that you are most likely not an alien to the planet Earth. Just keep trying and you will get there. This procedure works even on systems where the security is set so high that it is impossible to login as root.
thechunkster : 02/09/02 01:49 AM : Incident closed -

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