Oliver, you don't have any xwindow managers installed (I think that's the
term).
If you put the installation CD in and select>>expert>>server, then you'll be
able to add and specify more components. you might be able to do this by
just doing an upgrade.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Oliver Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 8:23 AM
Subject: [newbie] Explain this if you can
> 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.
>
> 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 ?
>
> 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
>
>
