Linux help..no GUI, what did I do?

[speedstik]

I just installed Mandrake 9.2 without a hitch. The only problem I have is that it boots to a non-graphical command line interface. How do I get it to go to a GUI? Is there a command I need to enter?

Much thanks,

[Scott Tiger]

Type in "startx" without the quotes and see what that gets you.

[RedFury]

Hmmmm.. de ja vu. Same thing happened to me, installed without any problems, but I wasn't paying close enough attention to what I was doing.

In the end, I reinstalled it....which was just as easy. Since you haven't had a chance to mess with anything, just reinstall.

Trust me, it'll save you some trouble.

Just pay attention to every step, and make sure you choose a graphical interface when it comes to that step ( I chose Gnome personally ).

[eagle1]

What video card do you have?
Didn't you configured X at installation time?
If you type "startx" and a GUI doesn't start, it's probable that you didn't configured the Xwindow system.
You'll have to run Xconfigurator.
(I think it has different names depending on the distro).

[krohnjw]

the name is xf86config and it will run the command line configuration tool for the X windowing system.

If startx does not work just post up the error, it may be easily fixable.

[eagle1]

thanks K!
(I don't know why I always forget that name! :P ).
Although, is it the same for every distro?
I remember I had to type Xconfigurator in one distro in particular ...