J Merritt wrote: > I recently installed Debian on an old Dell Latitude XPi. Because of > limitations of the system, I had to forego booting from CD and instead create > boot and driver diskettes on floppy and load a netstat CD to get the base > install done. I installed a minimal set of packages including kde-base, > amarok, mozilla, and a few others via aptitude. The installation took up only > about 50% of the drive, actually less I think. The install was a success and > Debian seems to "like" this machine pretty well. > > Anyway, every time I boot up from GRUB, it goes straight to the login prompt, > and once you login, you're left at the command line. I am used to the > autoboot sequence where it goes directly to the GUI login screen and you just > load KDE or Gnome or whatever environment you want. In this case, I am trying > to load KDE and have had no success. > > What steps do I need to take to get this to work? >
apt-get install (gdm or kdm or xdm) installing an x-display-manager should do the trick of automatically taking you into gui mode after bootup. HTH, /ks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
