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Mandrake 7.2 problems
Name: Zen Buddhism Date: December 31, 2000 at 14:47:22 Pacific
Comment:
I completed the installation of Mandrake 7.2 on a P75 48MB Ram and rebooted. It booted to a text login prompt. How do I start the GUI?
Name: chris Date: December 31, 2000 at 19:53:18 Pacific
Reply:
hey when u get the prompt thing up just type in "startx" or maybe its "xstart" but try them and it should work :)
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Response Number 2
Name: BuggeralL Date: January 1, 2001 at 20:01:58 Pacific
Reply:
it's startx :) isn't "mingetty" something to do with automatically taking you to a GUI login screen? not sure off hand to make it auto-matic.
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Response Number 3
Name: Andy Date: January 7, 2001 at 17:39:59 Pacific
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To start X automatically upon booting, Go to DrakConf. Click Graphics Configuration. One of the options that pops up is called "X At Startup" It reads: " I can set up your computer to automatically start X upon booting . Would you like X to start when you reboot?" Click yes.
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