Re: [newbie] Install nightmare

1999-09-27 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
Try restarting, then wait to see if the system starts in X-windows. Sounds like you are set up for automatic GUI. You will see a console log in screen, then, after a short pause, X loads, and you should get the graphical log in screen. Hopefully, the problem is not in the software, but in your eag

Re: [newbie] Install nightmare

1999-09-26 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Valheru wrote: > Hello, > I just installed Linux on my system. I d/l'ed all the files from the > Mandrake-Linux FTP site, and set them up in a folder called "Mandrake" > I didn't notice the "Lnx4win" subfolder until later, so I just ran > "autoboot.bat" from the "dosutils"

Re: [newbie] Install nightmare

1999-09-26 Thread Dan Brown
From: Valheru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > . After the delays it gets all the way to the Login > prompt, pauses a few seconds, and in the middle of me typing, the > screen starts to scroll down and fills with messages (too fast for me > to read) and the monitor resets itself, but stays in power-on mod

[newbie] Install nightmare

1999-09-26 Thread Valheru
Hello, I just installed Linux on my system. I d/l'ed all the files from the Mandrake-Linux FTP site, and set them up in a folder called "Mandrake" I didn't notice the "Lnx4win" subfolder until later, so I just ran "autoboot.bat" from the "dosutils" folder and went on with the install. Minus l