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I have tried to install Mandrake on my system and when everything is done I can not see the GUI screen. I get a console but no GUI, I don't know what to do?
I have a P4VMM2 Motherboard 2.4Ghz 533Mhz
Samsung 153v 15"
Any help?
I have a P4VMM2 Motherboard 2.4Ghz 533Mhz
Samsung 153v 15"
Any help?
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If you want it to bring up a GUI login prompt automatically at boot you need to change your default runlevel. You do this by CAREFULLY editing the file '/etc/inittab' and changing the default from 3 to 4.
If you don't mind the console prompt, but would like to bring up a GUI at your wish instead, then type 'startx' at the console prompt. (After logged in of course)
I'm not trying to sound condescending but it sounds like you might be fairly new to this. Good luck.
If you don't mind the console prompt, but would like to bring up a GUI at your wish instead, then type 'startx' at the console prompt. (After logged in of course)
I'm not trying to sound condescending but it sounds like you might be fairly new to this. Good luck.
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You can say that I am fairly new. I have used Knoppix for awhile and studied it in school. I will try that as soon as I can. I will update soon.
If you type "startx" but get errors instead of the GUI, please post the exact text of those errors.
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Originally Posted by i686-linux
If you want it to bring up a GUI login prompt automatically at boot you need to change your default runlevel. You do this by CAREFULLY editing the file '/etc/inittab' and changing the default from 3 to 4..
id:5:initdefault:
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This is what happened...I installed Mandrake 10.0 community on Virtual PC and all went well until it came time to get the gui going. I could see some but not much. I can navigate around somewhat but I am not sure where to go and its driving me nuts. I so badly want to install this on a real drive.
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It could very well be a problem with Mandrake not correctly detecting the correct settings for the virtual video card. As DMR stated, please provide us with the error message(s) 
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Originally Posted by Nemesis
...I installed Mandrake 10.0 community on Virtual PC... I so badly want to install this on a real drive.
As to the problem though:
The video card and monitor settings are stored in the /etc/X11/XF86Config file; if you can tell us the exact make/model of both your video card and your monitor we can at least tell you what driver/settings you should be using and then see if your config file is set up correctly.
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I am not getting a error message. I can see the screen and it is hard to read. So it has to be the wrong settings somewhere down the line. Here are my specs for my motherboard:
Intel® Pentium 4 CPU 2.4Ghz 512 MB RAM
Socket 478
533MHz
VIA® ProSavageDDR P4M266A North Bridge VT8752
VIA® VT8235 South Bridge
Max. 2GB2 DDR DIMMsSupports DDR266 / DDR200Supports DDR333 (conditional)2 SDRAM DIMMsSupports PC133 / PC100
S3 GRAPHICS Savage8
VIA® VT1612A AC'97 Audio CODEC
Samsung 153v 1024x768
Intel® Pentium 4 CPU 2.4Ghz 512 MB RAM
Socket 478
533MHz
VIA® ProSavageDDR P4M266A North Bridge VT8752
VIA® VT8235 South Bridge
Max. 2GB2 DDR DIMMsSupports DDR266 / DDR200Supports DDR333 (conditional)2 SDRAM DIMMsSupports PC133 / PC100
S3 GRAPHICS Savage8
VIA® VT1612A AC'97 Audio CODEC
Samsung 153v 1024x768
Can you post the contents of your /etc/X11/XF86Config file so that we can see exactly what graphics settings the system is using?
I'm not sure about Mandy 10; the file might also be named XF86Config-4.
I'm not sure about Mandy 10; the file might also be named XF86Config-4.
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