Hey, I'm new to linux and I'm not sure what is going on. I installed the download edition of Mandriva and everything went fine. The only problem is that when I boot up Mandriva it goes to a commandline and shows my internet username and asks for my login and password. Once I log in it just stays at the command line. Can anyone tell me how to actually boot into the GUI?
Thanks.

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KC

Thanks alot.

hey there guys, how you doing? Well I hope. Listen, I'm having the same trouble. Now I've been using Mandrake 10.0 official for about a year now with no trouble at all. Then all of a sudden last week, I go to a website that refused to load so I killed it (ctrl alt esc) Then started having trouble with my kde desktop (kde 3.2). Once I killed the browser (I had just installed the latest firefox browser) I couldn't click on anything on the desktop. Anything I clicked on would flash up on the screen but then instantly disappear. So I rebooted my computer. From then on, I get a command line at startup that isn't my /home/username folder. Instead the command line is my browser internet name ie: <username>@comcast. So I logon using my username and then have to type in my password. I've tried getting into my desktop by typing in "startx" but I get an error message that reads "command not found". So I logon as root and type either "startx" or "kde" and can get a gui but not from my home folder. So how can I fix this so that when I start my box up I go straight to my home desktop instead of having to login as root? If I've forgotten any critical info please post and I will reply. Hopefully, this is all the info needed to get my box fixed and running properly again. Thanks guys.

joemill

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