On Tuesday 18 November 2003 05:16 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: > Hi, > > In spite of my worries, curiosity (and your encouragement!) has caused > me to install Mandrake. Everything seems to have gone well. I have > no problem choosing either Linux or Windows at startup. However... > > When I choose Linux, all goes relatively well [*], but then I get to > the big scary black screen that demands my "localhost login" and > password. Fine...I enter both, and then I see this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] melissa l$ <blinking cursor> > > I have no idea what to type next! :-) Since I can't get past this > point, I had to shut down the power (only way I could find to escape > this looming black hole).
try "startx" to see if the GUI works. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer
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