--- j Mak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Ryan Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 11 June 2005 11:45 pm, j Mak wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've just installed Sarge and everything went > ok. > > but > > > when i log in, there is no graphical interface > > appears > > > anywhere only the command line. How can i start > > gnome > > > or kde or any other grahical desktop. > > > > > > Thanks alot > > > > > > jozsefmak > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > Login and run "startx", or look for kdm, xdm, or > gdm > > in /etc/init.d and run > > "/etc/init.d/(x,k, or g)dm start", replacing as > > necessary. You should be able > > to startx as a regular user, but you will have to > > "su" to run the display > > manager. > > > > However, if an environment didn't start > > automatically, it's likely that you > > need to install one; "apt-get install gnome gdm" > or > > "apt-get install kde kdm" > > as root should do the trick. > > Hi Ryan > > Thanks for the suggestions. I installed kde form the > cd because from some reasons the installer didn't > install any graphical environment at first. The > installation went fine. After installing kde I > rebooted the computer. And guess what? I still > doesn't > have any graphical interface. > I logged in and run /etc/init.d/kdm start as you > suggested. But I got the message: Starting K Display > manager kdm . And the prompt reappears. So I am back > to square one. I have no graphical desktop still. > > What to do next? > > On a related note, could anyone point me to some > manual that explain how to install graphical > desktop? > I already read the installation instruction but in > that there is no mentioning about graphic desktop > installation. >
In my previous email I forgot to mention that when i run startx i get the following message: No such file or directory. giving up xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to x server xinit: No such process (errno 3): server error Tanks for helping jozsefmak > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]