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Old 08-21-2005, 01:29 AM   #1
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Mandrake boots console....


Mandeake boots console...how come it wont bot mandrake graphical interface
 
Old 08-21-2005, 07:07 AM   #2
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Do you mean that it boots to a screen that is black
and just says login or something

if so it means that it is booting to runlevel 3
instead of runlevel 5

when you come to this screen again
login
and type
startx
or
init 5

and tell us what happened
we will take you to the next step then
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