On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:54, Martin Dowie wrote: > Hi all! > > I'm a first-time GNU/Linux (wanna-be) User although I have some Un*x > experience. I've downloaded all 14 Sarge .iso CDs and have happily managed > to get a system that will now boot to a command line after installing from > CD1. I used the default partitioning for multi-users. > > I notice that while booting there are several failures - but the screen is > flying by at this point and I can't see what they are. Is there a 'boot > log' I can 'cat|more' though? > > I'm also now at a lose as to how to install stuff from the other CD's - in > particular I would like GNOME as my desktop environmnet and to be able to > use my Alcatel SpeedTouch USB ADSL modem. I've searched high and low for a > Debian installation guide for dummies but I either find stuff that is more > "... for Experts" or I find 1,000's of hits that don't really seem to cover > what I want. Can someone recommend a link for me as to what to do now? > > TIA > > -- Martin
At the risk of being shot by the experts, 'cos I'm pretty much of a newbie myself.... and all these comments apply to Woody, unless they've changed things I guess Sarge oughta be the same.... You haven't said whether you're running the command line login because you prefer it or because X won't start. Assuming that isn't your problem... I imagine Sarge has both KDE and Gnome installed, it's just a matter of launching the right one. If that's the case, then you need to set the x-session-manager symlink i.e. ln -s /usr/bin/gnome-session /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager (the KDE equivalent in Woody is /usr/bin/kde2) Then 'startx' should start up X with Gnome, assuming XF86Config-4 is set correctly. Installing stuff off the other CD's, you can use 'apt-get' or 'apt-cdrom' or you can be lazy (like me) and use a graphical front-end like Kpackage. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
