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I just installed mandrake 9.1 because i want to learn linux.
Now at startup i have to fill in my user and pasword, after that i don't get anything but my console i think,
how do i get in my gui? or did something go wrong at the installation?
If it configured it during installation, you must have configured to only boot to runlevel 3. After logging in and a bash prompt staring at you, simply type 'startx' to start the graphical interface.
If you want to boot straight to X everytime when booting, edit your /etc/inittab file and change the default runlevel to 5 instead of 3.
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