
Not to fear! You are logged into your user's account in the command line (which is an excellent choice as it works, you may not have X (the GUI server) configured correctly.
What happens if you type:
startx
and press enter.
That should start up your desktop environment if you have x configured. If not, report video card and post the results of doing these commands:
Code:
fancy@uilleann $ su -
Password:
root@uilleann # XFdrake
# Mandrake links
Mandrake home page
Mandrake Users website
Easy urpmi config for Mandrake
urpmi mini-HOWTO
Easy software management:
Red Carpet
Maximum RPM
rpmfind
You didn't install the developmental packages? As root, command:
urpmi gcc
An Introduction to the Midnight Commander. You can install it by commanding:
urpmi mc
Midnight Commander home page
# Configuring X
Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO - video cards
The Linux XFree86 HOWTO
Common X configuring tools:
Mandrake - XFdrake
You may have these tools:
XF86Setup
XFree86 -configure
Xconfigurator
xf86cfg
xf86config
xconf
ATI Linux drivers
If you need the
nVidia driver, most likely, you want the Linux IA32 driver