Installed Mandrake but couldnt get it to boot to graphical

yankeesfan1548 · 12-18-2003, 05:46 PM

Im a newb and i heard Mandrake was pretty easy so i installed 9.1 which i downloaded off a 3rd party website called linuxisos.org i think. But after i installed it it never booted up into a gui and said login: and then password: but the password and login i set up didnt work Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

michaelk · 12-18-2003, 06:05 PM

What kind of graphics card do you have?

Did you install X, KDE or the like and did the install configuration test pass?

Can you login as root? Did you create a user account in addition to the root account?

yankeesfan1548 · 12-18-2003, 06:15 PM

I did a full install and i tried logging on as root and i tried installing on a comp with a ati raedon 7000 with 64 mb

DogTags · 12-18-2003, 11:39 PM

You have to make sure that you run the graphics config and TEST during install. Otherwise, it won't recognize your graphics card (at least in the installs that I've seen).

Bilal · 12-21-2003, 07:02 AM

This is very common problem in mandrake on various intel based pcs...just open your PC bios setup and then change the vedio card memory to 8MB and then reboot.........if you still get the error just type XFdrake after login as "root" and then change the screen colous to 16bit and then type "startx" and all will work fine!