Hi there, i have just installed mandrake 9.0 on my system (with no other OS installed) and dispite selecting to be logged on to the KDE interface, am instead logged onto the shell....

I press 'I' during the loading phase, but i still go onto the shell

being new to the whole linux thing, i have no idea how to change this or how to get onto the GUI.

can someone please tell me the command(s) i need to enter to get out of the shell and onto any form of GUI? and also a help would be anything i can do to make sure i start off in a GUI?

thanks in advance

-a gratefull n00b

edit: oops, i meant KDE, not KDM :$

startkde

if that fails

startX

that does something

although i now get an error saying:

(WW) Warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown
(==) logfile: "var/log/XFree86.0.log"
(==) using config file "etc/X11/XF86config-4" using vt7
(ww) radeon: no matching device section for instance (busID PCI:2:0:1)
(EE) no devices detected

fatal server error:
no screens found



how can i fix it?

thanks

that also gives up an error about 'nodisplay'

From the error message it looks like you have a problem with your X config.

Do you have a Radeon vidoe card ?

Go to the Mandrake forums (link below) and search or post a new topic about X not working with a Radeon card Mandrake 9.0

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...php?forumid=30

To save you a few posts, type lspci -v and include the Radeon stuff in your post and , more importantly, include the contents of your /etc/XF86Config file in the post

ok, thanks. i have a radeon 9800 card.

i will go and write down what the log file says, and then type it on here

how do i get onto the file? do i just type in its pathway?

tkz

to get the log file - from Linux type

cat var/log/XFree86.0.log

this will list the contents of the log file

thank you