On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:14:09 +0100 "Sendak, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wrote earlier that under Mandrake 9.0 I had a message "Kenel panic : No > init found" at boot-up. > Thanks to Stephen Kuhn, dfox and Leonardo Diciolla for your advice, but I > lacked the confidence and knowledge to follow your suggestions. > > I tried to upgrade to Mandrake 9.1. After a "successful installation" I got > the message something like "KDE not installed" at boot-up. I thought I had > selected KDE as the graphical interface. I upgraded again, but got the same > message. > > I then did an install of Mandrake 9.1. Once again I had a "successful > installation". However, on boot-up, all I got was a screen with the message > :- > Mandrake Linux release 9.1 for i586 > Kenel 2.4.21-0.13mdk on an i686/tty1 > Localhost login: > > I logged in as "John" - the user I had set up - and, as far as I can see > (being a complete beginner), I seemed to be in a full-screen mode shell. > However, I cannot see any way to minimize the shell and I can't see any > evidence of KDE or any other graphical interface. > > To check that I hadn't overridden any crucial default in the installation, I > re-installed but got the same result. > > I am now completely stuck for what to do. > > Any suggestions very gratefully received. > > Regards > > John > > _______ > Confidentiality Notice > > This email (and any attachment) is intended only for the attention of the addressee. > Its unauthorised use, disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted. If you are > not the intended recipient, please destroy all copies and inform the sender by > return email. Thank you > ____________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan > service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working > around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Did you choose to have X start automatically when you boot? It sounds as though you're in runlevel 3. try doing su and enter root password urpmi Xtart exit Xtart then pick your window manager and if your video card is configured correctly X should start up HTH Jerry. -- "The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat." -Albert Einstein
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