On Thu, 28 Oct 1999,ajackman wrote:
| On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote:
| > On Wed, 27 Oct 1999,Foris Gabor wrote:
| > | HI!
| > |
| > | I just lately installed linux mandrake as my os and today a strange thing
| > | happaned.
| > | It loaded up itself, but when it should start the graphics display, it
| > | could not. and the login window did not appear, just a blank scree?
| > | What do u think about it?
| > |
| > | FG
| >
| > Foris,
| >
| > Did you get any errors while starting ? When you get to the "blank screen", try
| > pressing CTRL+ALT+F1 and see if you can get to that console. It will show you
| > messages from the software that loaded, including the X-server. Perhaps this
| > information will help debug the problem.
| >
| > Ernie
| I did that myself, and I went to another log in prompt. I put in my user
| account name and password and it said there was a problem with my window
| server, but then, I switeched back (presumably ctrl-alt-f1) there was not sort
| of graphical interface.
It's CTRL+ALT+F7 to get back to the GUI, and CTRL+ALT+F1 to see the messages in
the start screen.
Ernie
