problems

[michaelz92]

everytime i turn on my computer and enter mandriva it always boots up but not graphically. its like DOS and is just a black screen with writing like the command line. can anyone tell me how to get to kde desktop fromt ehre

[AlexK]

type startx to get a gui, if you want it to permenantly to go to a gui, edit the /etc/inittab file as root. Look for a line like this:

# The default runlevel is defined here
id:3:initdefault:

change the 3 to a 5 to get gui.

[michaelz92]

type startx to get a gui, if you want it to permenantly to go to a gui, edit the /etc/inittab file as root. Look for a line like this:

# The default runlevel is defined here
id:3:initdefault:

change the 3 to a 5 to get gui.

it didn't work...i typed startx and then it had authx-creating new file /----/-----/---(can't remember what it said in the ' - ' ) and then it had something then server error....

[AlexK]

Posting the exact error would be more helpful.

[michaelz92]

Posting the exact error would be more helpful.

ok fine

[root@localhost michael]#startx
xauth:creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.18605
execve failed for /etc/x11/x (erno 2)
xinit:server error

[michaelz92]

can you tell me what to do from here

[AlexK]

It sounds like your X-server wasn't setup correctly, try running xorgconfig and resetup the X-server.

[michaelz92]

It sounds like your X-server wasn't setup correctly, try running xorgconfig and resetup the X-server.

how do i resetup the x-server?

[michaelz92]

how do i resetup the x-server?

actually i got as far as to set up the monitor, i then aborted because i didn't know my monitor specifications

[ligne]

I just remember having to setup my graphics card. I think you can set up your screen resolution to 1024 by 768. And once you are on the xwindows setup, it will let you change it.
But I had to ask a friend to do it. So have no details to help you. I am really a newbie so this is advice is probably not of much use !