[ale] Re: [ale-admin] Newbie needs help!

[Geoffrey]

That's a pretty unusual problem.  As for getting X to run (the desktop) 
that's not that big an issue.  Try typing 'startx' once you log in.

I'm forwarding your inquiry to the actual list. You've posted to the 
admin list, which is not seen by all members.  Your best bet would be to 
subscribe to the ale list in order to insure you see any responses.


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Uncle Flip wrote:
> Howdy...found your LUG close by...seeems the contact info for all the
> Alabama groups is outdated.
> 
> I have an interesting issue, and wondered if someone in ALE can help.
> 
> First, the particulars on the machine:
> 
> WinXP was installed on the primary master, when I installed RedHat8 on
> primary slave.  I selected Grub as my boot manager.  I believe Grub was
> placed on the Windows drive, as booting directly to the Linux drive does not
> call it up.  The drive containing Linux once had a problem with its boot
> sector, but that was cleared up using Maxtor's Maxblast software.
> 
> Now, the problem:
> 
> When I boot into Linux, I get a comand line login screen which quickly
> disappears, then reappears, three times or so.  After that, I get an ascii
> dialog box that is unreadable, as the characters are garbled (loading a
> different character set?).  It gives two options, and I have tried both.
> Eventually, I get back to the command line login page.  I've plugged around
> a little after logging in as root, but no matter what I try, I cannot get
> the desktop to load.  However, I'm still enough of a Linux newbie that I'm
> pretty useless under a Linux command line.  Unfortunately, this means I'm
> spending a lot of time using Windows.  :(
> 
> I would *greatly* appreciate any help that members of your group can offer
> with this.  I will be in the Atlanta area on March 8th, just in case I
> haven't found a solution, and someone is willing to have a look at the box.
> 
> Thanks again for your time, and any suggestions you may have.
> 
> Be well
> -UF
> uncleflip at sizenine.com
> uncleflip at voicestream.net (SMS)
> ICQ #31920670
> 
> Spiders unite!
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