Help newbie please?

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

Hello Mike: 

You have an X problem.
Your X is missconfigured and it will not start.
Your message is brief and I am guessing, but you can validate my statement 
by looking at your computer booting:
if you see the screen "flashing" several times, that means that X is 
unsuccessfully trying to start until it gives up. 

Look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log 

If that's the case you have to reconfigure X.
What you need is the Red Hat equivalent of:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg 

I dug it out a few days ago but I don't recall what I did with it.
If you can't "dogpile it out" (dogpile.com), send me a private message and 
I'll post it to the list. 

The other possibility is that you just screwed up the installation.
In that case, you are better off reinstalling.
And if you reinstall, you may as well ditch Mandriva and go for Kubuntu...  
:)
Enrique 

 

 

mike enriquez writes: 

> I wanted to install Mandriva Powerpack 2007 because I had it as a dual boot on top of my xp software.
> It boots up ok into windows and when I select Mandriva it takes me directly to the Linux command line. 
> I cann't find any of my linux books and its been a long time since I used linux so this is why I installed it
> but I don't remember the command to enter so I can get out of the command line and into the window like interface.
> Help me please, sorry to bother you.
> Thanks
> Mike Enriquez