Linux Newbie Question: Whats the command to boot up xwindows?

[Phokus]

Hi, i just installed linux (Mandrake version 7.2 using KDE desktop) and it was working great until it hung up on me and i had to reboot. For some reason it didn't boot into the GUI and i was stuck in the shell prompt. Is there a command and/or a way to make it automatically boot into linux? thanks.

 

[goldboyd]

just type startx

 

[Phokus]

Thanks a lot... looks like my linux is broken though

 

[Damaged]

That doesn't happen unless you have to run fsck manually. Is that what happened?

 

[Descend492]

x probably isn't recognizing your vid card (do you have a geforce?) that happened to me too. There's a damn long procedure to go through to install the new drivers, too. It sucks

 

[UnixFreak]

you may have to run "xf86config" if you have the package installed (some distros do not include it automatically) and load a generic driver in 8bit 800x600 or something, to load it up, then look for your driver on the net, I am not sure whether or not this card is supported yet, though.