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Solve : Mandriva linux localhost login?

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ok i got my mandriva linux 2006 installed last night but i did something wrong and know when i boot it i get this message on a black screen,

"Mandriva Linux release 2006.0 (official) for i586
Kernel 2.6.12-12mdk on an i686 /tty1
localhost login: "

i dont know what to do i tryed enter my user name but when it asks for the password i cant enter anything so i press enter

and got this " [emailprotected] ~]$

then ill enter my password and ill get this

"-bash: password: command not found"

password is not the real password

I'm sadden [smiley=cry.gif]

TIA,
unlovedwarriorQuote

[emailprotected] ~]$
That's a command prompt. You've logged in successfully. What do you want to do?It doesn't show you typing your password for security reasons. You can still type, though.oh my bad

so after that will i get to the desktop.. cuz thats what i want to doI don't know if your distribution comes with a GUI, but TRY typing X, that works in Ubuntu.

Oh, Linux is case sensitive, never forget that.im confused.. lol


i just want to go to the desktop and play aroundA desktop system is not always installed by default. It's up to you. If one is installed, the command startx will usually fire it up.sorry it didnt work it did a bunch of stuffLinux is PRETTY crappy that way, I got a big Dummies BOOK on it which helped me around a bit although I forgot most of it right after I moved on to the next chapter. I figured I'd learn while playing around, but that didn't work either because everything is always slightly or radically different from Windows.

And I thought a chapter explaining how OpenOffice worked in a book dedicated to Linux was a bit of a rip-off, so you should look for something not in the Dummies series.Could you copy here the last few lines from the "bunch of stuff" that displayed after you typed "startx"?

If you're having no luck, try a different distribution. I highly RECOMMEND Kubuntu - the KDE-based VERSION of Ubuntu. (KDE has much more accessible desktop and system configuration options for power users.) VectorLinux is a good choice as a streamlined distro. And OpenSuSE is pretty darn good too.Quote
Could you copy here the last few lines from the "bunch of stuff" that displayed after you typed "startx"?

If you're having no luck, try a different distribution. I highly recommend Kubuntu - the KDE-based version of Ubuntu. (KDE has much more accessible desktop and system configuration options for power users.) VectorLinux is a good choice as a streamlined distro. And OpenSuSE is pretty darn good too.
ill try the kubuntu and when i have time ill transcribe a few lines from the screen into here


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