how to start graphical mandrake?
 

when i boot to mandrake 9.2, it goes to the terminal control... how can i go to the graphical desktop?

type in your username, then your password and then startx --- this is the usual way to start the graphical environment if it's installed.

when i try to type in my password, it doesn't show up... like as if the keyboard isnt plugged. but i know it is plugged because i was able to type in the user name...

that is how it is supposed to be ....
just type it in and press enter
it will not show you anything ...
another security feature ;-)

Is there anyway to disable that feature?

just wondering, if linux is full of choices... it must support disabling it.

Geert.

to the best of my knowledge... no, its a holdover from the old Unix days

I'm sure that's how it is as default, but I'm convinced that I've read some sh1t about password shadowing (I think that's what it's called, don't quote me, if I remember I'll have a look at my copy of Running Linux - from O'Really!).

regards

John

it is called shadowing

thx people, its good now!

were u able to disable shadowing?

no, i was just able to go into graphical mode

how did you do it --- ? just so others reading this thread can follow it to its conclusion

turns out i dindt install properly