RE: [newbie] Graphical User Interfaces for X

2000-10-05 Thread Sharma, Anoop
-Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 October 2000 11:30 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [newbie] Graphical User Interfaces for X It sounds like you're going to have to reconfigure your display again. From what you're describing it's not properly

[newbie] Graphical User Interfaces for X

2000-10-04 Thread Sharma, Anoop
Hello All I am completly new to Linux and just managed to install Mandrake 7.1 on my home PC dual booting with NT. At the mo using a boot disk. My question is what is the X windows, KDE and Gnome? When I type start X I used to get a pretty interface either KDE or Gnome. Now all I get is

Re: [newbie] Graphical User Interfaces for X

2000-10-04 Thread Mark Weaver
It sounds like you're going to have to reconfigure your display again. From what you're describing it's not properly configured which is why you're being presented with that strange screen. Actually you will want to configure X so that you're presented with a GUI login screen. This will give you