Bret Comstock Waldow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : Hello, : : I'm going to try and get Debian working again. I'll start reading, but : I'd appreciate help with some quick setup issues to make the computer : bearable for day to day life. : : The machine is an IBM Thinkpad T21, 20M hd, cable modem access via a : router (so NAT is in effect). : : I'm not sharp on network stuff yet, or much Debian either. I've been : using first SuSE, the Redhat, for several years. : : I've got Woody installed, starting from r0 CD, but getting all packages : from the net. During install, I chose gdm as default boot manager, and : selected all sorts of Gnome from dselect, which appears to have been : duly installed. : : The system boots to a text prompt. I want it to boot to gdm. : : I can run 'gdm' from the text console, and it runs, and I can log in as : my user. I then have to 'killall gdm' to get out of it. : : I'd like to boot to gdm, and shutdown from that as well (what I'm used : to with the other distros I've been using). That alone will make me : much more comfortable. : : Thanks for any pointers to where to go. I just don't know how Debian is : put together yet. And...does choosing gdm as default in install, and : not having it be the default on startup mean I didn't complete the : install correctly somehow? : : Also, gdm won't allow me to log in as root. ?? : : Thanks in advance, : Bret : : :
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