Cant Login to gui after live install

[crazyman143]

ctrl + alt + backspace

That should kill the server.

Try ctrl + alt + f2 to get to a terminal that you can type in. you may need to remove the lock on X. Don't forget how to restart, if you need it.

shutdown -r now

Hope it helps.

ok, I got to the terminal and I seemed to be able to log in, but I still can't get to a gui.

[wolfton]

ok, I got to the terminal and I seemed to be able to log in, but I still can't get to a gui.

Okay, you got to the virtual terminal, but did you then type "init 2" to ensure that you have killed all X processes? Once the computer switches to runlevel 2, you should be able to try startx again.

That's what worked for me, anyway.

[wolfton]

Its interesting though, I got fed up, tried Knoppix. DSL and FC6 again, and then went back to Mandriva2007 and I didn't have that issue on this install. Perhaps there's a conflict that I didn't accidentally invoke this time with a more limited package selection...