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I'm just installed first time Linux 10.0 when I reboot my computer there are asking for login and password.
If i enter inm login "root" or "as root" and then correct password then i get the message "incorect login".
When I try to login as user login "linda" and then corect password I get last login ... (day month year and so on) and the next line is
[linda@localhost linda]$ and when i try to enter startx i show errors and that he couldn't conect but its black screen and nothing else. when i type help there is much of commands wich moust don't work. what to do??
How can i get a start or somethin like under windows???
execve failed for /etc/x11/X (errno 2)
giving up
xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server
xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error
[linda@localhost linda]$
i realy don't know what to do. I already reinstalled 3 times but nothing has change.
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