I have 2 computers linked to one keyboard, mouse & monitor linked through a KVM switch.
I left both computers running while I was working on a spreadsheet on the one computer, when I switched to the other computer it asked me for a localhost login to Mandrake so I put my user name in and pressed enter, then it asked me for a password and I pressed enter again, next up came ( alan@local host alan 1$ ) with a flashing cursor. I pressed enter and the message in brackets just repeats itself.
Can you please tell me how to get access to mandrake.

You are in Mandrake! That's the CLI. If your wanting the GUI just type startx to start X.

Thanks that got me into Mandrake.
What does CLI stand for?

Command Line Interface

Thanks once again

this link is to the beginners links here on the forum, spend some time reading.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...wlinks&catid=1

have a good look around the site, especially the links , and search , buttons. they are your friends. also check out google/linux .
good luck.

Thanks for that link Peacedog.