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Old 02-26-2005, 10:30 PM   #1
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Mandrake 10.1 login help


Complete newbie here with limited technical skills (but learning more every day).

I purchased ($10) Mandrake 10.1 from Lan205. I'm running a dual boot with XP. The installation went fine with one exception. The summary screen listed 4 disks but I only received 3 and the 4th disk was listed as having KDE 3.2 (KDE is the GUI desktop right?).

After install I rebooted my computer and chose linux (no problems yet)

I think I booted into shell (that's the command prompt interface-right?).

I entered my username and password....and was left with a prompt....I was expecting to boot straight into the desktop.

I read about trying "switchdesk kde" at the prompt but it is not being recognized.

Am I missing something or is the desktop interface (KDE) not loaded?

If so, how do I download and install the desktop in shell and set things up to "boot" to the GUI desktop.

thanks, Sipo
 
Old 02-26-2005, 10:51 PM   #2
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I could be wrong, but I do believe KDE is on the third disc. Are you booting into a graphical desktop? If not, at the command prompt, type "starx"--minus the quotes. The default desktop for Fedora is GNOME, though you can easily add KDE.
 
Old 02-27-2005, 08:41 AM   #3
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OK, I typed in "starx" (minus the quotes).....but got nothing....not recognized.

Any other ideas on how I can troubleshoot this and determine:

1)do I have the graphical environment loaded

2)if so, how do I get to it

3)if not, how do I load it

4)modify my setup to boot to the graphical environment
 
Old 02-27-2005, 09:13 AM   #4
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The command is "startx".
 
Old 02-28-2005, 09:58 PM   #5
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OK, I put the startx command in...here is a sample of the error I received (I tried to pick out what I consider the important parts-let me know if I need to include more info):

release date: 18 dec 2003
x protocol version 11, revision 0, release 6.7
build operating system: linux 2.6.8.1-2md kenterprise! 686 [elf]

data incomplete in file /etc/x11/xorg.conf
at least one device section is required
(ee) problem parsing the config file
(ee) error parsing the config file

fatal server error
no screens found

please also check the log file at var/log/xorg.o.org

x10: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) ox
x server: 0.0 after 0 requests (0 known processes)
with 0 events remaining



Thanks any advance for any help-Sipo
 
Old 03-01-2005, 12:27 AM   #6
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There is a problem with your xrog.conf. Try running "xorgconfig" as root.
 
  


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