apt-get install x-windows-system apt-get install 'whatever gui you want' such as icewm or fluxbox or kde or ..................................... startx
when you reboot you will have a gui login window and that will then take you strait into your chosen windows manager. :o) There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roberto C. > Sanchez > Sent: 27 April 2006 4:12am > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: New user need some help > > > Terry wrote: > > I just loaded my first Linux machine. It laoded well and I > am able to log on with no > > problem. My question is how do I get the GUI up after I > log on? All I get is the > > prompt. > > > > Please search Google [0] and the list archive [1]. This same exact > question gets asked and answered every two weeks or so. > > -Roberto > > [0] http://www.google.com > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user > > -- > Roberto C. Sanchez > http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]