localhost login, how??

Hi all, yesterday i installed Mandrake on my pc and now have a triple boot system. All seemed to go well, i would boot into linux and away i'd go. But after two returns to linux it now asks me to login, which i do, then password, which i give, and then i get the following: [name@localhost Name]$. What do i have to type or do after that to start the linux progam? Otherwise i cannot get into the linux OS. Many thanks Where its written name , my name appears which i put in during the install. Again thanks.

you ARE in linux, you just haven't had X start for some reason.... ahh come on admit it, you've been a fiddlin'!

type startx to load X, and assuming that does work then you'll probably want to change your initlevel back to 5, as i'd assume it's been changed to 3 (5 = start with X, 3 = normal start)

go to mandrake control centre | boot | boot config and select Launch teh X-window system at start.

if that doesn't work, manually edit the /etc/inittab file and change the 3 to a 5 in the line that says:

id:3:initdefault:

Me a fiddlin!!I thought that was the reason we had OS's. Thanks for the tip, will do as you say and post back....

Hi again, did as you said, typed startx and fired up KDE. Found that file/etc/inittab which as you said was at 3. When i changed it to 5, i was told i did not have write permission!, whatever that is. Any help on that one....thanks

you need to be root to edit it