stuck at login "[root@localhost root]#"

so i installed mandrake linux on my pc. i didnt set a password. once the installation is complete and the computer boots a screen comes up saying:

"Mandrakelinux relese 10.1 (community) for i586
Kernel 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp on and i686 / tty1
localhost login:"

at this point i type "root" as the login and hit enter. now comes the problem, i get a new this that says: "[root@localhost root]#" now i have no idea what i am supposed to type here. all of this seems to be takin place in a dos like environment.

i only got into linux a couple of days ago so im very new, what steps am i supposed to take from here to accress the windows like graphical environment? by the way i did i full install from the 3 install cd's. thanks

first of all set a root password. while logged in as root:

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passwd

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then add a user.

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adduser

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logout root and login as user. see what happens when you do this logged in as the new user.

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startx

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a full install of mandrake if configured properly shouldn't put you into a prompt like that. did you go through a post-install and everything?

Don't forget to set the user's password with the 'passwd username' command after you create the new user. 8)

after a create and confirm a password for the root. i go back to teh "[root@localhost root]#" prompt. there i type "adduser". once i do this i get this:
"usage: adduser [-u uid [-o]] [-g group] [-G Group,...]
etc..............
what am i suppoed to do here?

adduser username

where username is the user you're gonna create.

i went through a full install as in a followed the installation directions and selected to install the entire package.

ok so i creater a user name and logged in as the user and typed "startx" and this is what i got"

xauth: creating new authority file /home/"username"/.Xauthority
xauth: creating new authority file /home/"username"/.Xauthority

execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2)
giving up.
Xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2)L unable to connect to X server
XinitL No such process (errno 3): server error.

when it takes me back to the user prompt.

and whats a Post Install

i'm not really sure what the error messages mean but i recommend running xf86cfg -textmode as root to set up x.

a post-install meaning after installing all the packages and asking for all the cds, did it setup your network, ask to add users, setup lilo, etc.

this didnt work eigther, it wont let me create a file, im starting to think that i didnt install correctley somehow. thanks a lot though.

are you running it as root? it may be worth it to reinstall and make sure you get completely through the post-install configuration. mandrake isn't supposed to throw you into a command line like that.

do is mandrake supposed to go directley into the gui environment?