[NCLUG] Help needed with Linux login

[Daniel Miles]

Advice from a geek recently out of newbiehood to a newbie.

That prompt tha tyou see is your linux system, you're logged in... Most people want to start Xwindows when they're first running a linux machine. For that try 'startx' (without the quotes).

On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 09:41:00 EST
Rcochranem at aol.com wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I am new to Linux and have just installed Mandrake 7.2. When I try to log in 
> the following occurs:
> 
> localhost login:mack (my user name)
> 
> password: ********
> 
> I now get this:
> 
> [mack at localhost mack]$
> 
> Is there a command now to continue?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Robert Mackie
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