mandrake
 

I just installed mandrake 10.1 on my computer and everything went well until I tried login in for the first time. It's just loads into "dos" mode even once I've logged in. Did I mis select an option? What can I do the see the graphic side of Mandrake?

thanks,
Kristopher

Are there any error messages displayed? Does anything seem out of place on startup? It sounds obvious, but did you leave the Mandrake CD in the drive when you rebooted after installing?

If there's nothing apparently wrong (apart from booting in text mode), what happens if you type 'startx' at a prompt after you log in?

there seem to be a few errors after typing startx.
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Failed to load /usr/x11r6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so
Failed to load "freetype" (loader failed, 7)
Failed to load /usr/x11r6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a (once-only module, 7)
Could not init font path elemnet unix/:-1, removing from list!

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'

please consult the The x.org Foundation support at hhtp://wiki.x.org for help.
please also check the log files at "/var/log/xorg.0.log" for additional information.

XI0: fatal I0 error 104 (connectin reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
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There seem to be the same problem is i try to login as Root. I had this OS installed before but removed it to test out the new Windows Vista. I'm pretty sure the files on the cd aren't corrupted seening they worked before.


thanks,
Kris

booting problem
 

I just installed mandrake 10.1 on my computer and everything went well until I tried login in for the first time. It's just loads into "dos" mode even once I've logged in. Did I mis select an option? What can I do the see the graphic side of Mandrake?

this is what i get after typing startx.

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Failed to load /usr/x11r6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so
Failed to load "freetype" (loader failed, 7)
Failed to load /usr/x11r6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a (once-only module, 7)
Could not init font path elemnet unix/:-1, removing from list!

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'

please consult the The x.org Foundation support at hhtp://wiki.x.org for help.
please also check the log files at "/var/log/xorg.0.log" for additional information.

XI0: fatal I0 error 104 (connectin reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
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thanks,
Kristopher

Here are some commands you probably need to run and see their output:
first su - and type your root password
then
ls -l /usr/x11r6/lib/modules/fonts/ - look if there is a libfreetype.so module file
ls -l /usr/x11r6/lib/modules/extensions/ - and libglx.a module
tail -50 /var/log/xorg.0.log - and see something that can help you to localize problem

Re: booting problem
 

As this is Mandriva you surely won't have to work a lot to fix the problem. Seems that the GLX driver isn't installed (the font error is not what causes the server to crash, it's a little bug in the X).

Anyway, the cause is some random weirdness during install. I don't know if you checked the md5sums in case you downloaded the ISO.

Normally the fat and dirty way to solve these problems is very simple:

Boot into the cdrom as if you where to install. Choose "update" instead of "Install", go thru the process and if asked install a package or two of your liking to ensure the database will be rebuild. Go through the update process and be specially carefull during X system setup. Reboot and you should be done.

If this doen't work just ask again and we will try to fix it the satandard way: Editing configs ;)

I tired installing using the update option but it doesn't give me the option to install addition packages. The two files, libfreetype.so and libglx.a are both in there directory. The Xorg.0.log is pages long and i'm new at linux which doesn't help either.

I also tried the install option and that didn't help either. Can I just download the newer version of Xorg 6.8.2 ? How do you install gz or tar in ternimal?

Thanks,
Kristopher

I have merged the 2 threads. In future, do not post the same thread in your more than one place.

I figured out the problem. During the installation of Mandrake 10.1 it gives an error saying it can't install xorg 6.x.x but i just clicked to continue anyways. I'm going to redownload it again and try.

thanks for you reply,
Kristopher