Hi, I currently have Mandrake 9.2 on a Dell Inspiron 5000 and whenever I start it up it goes into like terminal mode( you know, with the black screen with white letters where you can type in commands) and it dosen't go to the Desktop or anything...It asks for a localhost ID and password,so, I enter my ID and Password,it logs me in and nothing happens it's like it's waiting for me to put in a command or something... Thanks
Eric
Oh yeah and here are my specs:
Dell Inspiron 5000 [laptop]
ATI Rage Mobility
128MB RAM
20 gig hdd
P3 1.5GHz

And I think thats about it.

And rember i'm a to linux...Hey everybodys got to start somewhere!

Please somebody help I need this laptop for work...............

awwwwwwwwwwww com'on people

When it gets to the point, after you've logged in, where it seems to be waiting for a command, type 'startx'. (but without the quotation marks) Tell us what happens.

ok i'll try that, i'll tell u im my next post

it says:
Using authority file /root/ .Xauthority
Writing authority file /root/ .Xtauthority
Using authority file /root/ .Xauthority
Writing authority file /root/ .Xtauthority

Fatel Service Error:
Could not open /dev/xsvc




But when I logon under myself I get this

xauth: error in locking authority file /home/eric/ .Xauthority
xauth: error in locking authority file /home/eric/ .Xauthority
xauth: error in locking authority file /home/eric/ .Xauthority
xauth: error in locking authority file /home/eric/ .Xauthority

Fatel server error:
Could not open /dev/xsvc

giving up.
xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
xauth: error in locking authority file /home/eric/.Xauthority

GAHHHHHHHH HELP ME!!! I NEED IT FOR TOMORROW

sorry for that i lose my temper sometimes

Try red hat linux.It work on my 3800 from dell.

no way, I have too much valuble stuff on Mandrake

hellllooooo I need help really badly!!

GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Hi !

Truth is that ATI Mobility Radeon sucks on so many levels!

You could try with some other distro or earlier version of MDK. If you have to save stuff from your HD, download latest version of KNOPPIX. It's a cd-bootable OS and quite stable. Use it to burn your stuff on cd's and you're homefree. Then you can try something else on your laptop. And if you mess things really bad, you've still got Knoppix to run!

Yeah, sorry it was Ati Mobility Rage. Well it does't change the nasty truth about ATI.

Try "telinit 5" as root (without quotations)