On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:37:37 -0500 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ken Walker wrote: > > 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. > > > Not necessarily. The GUI login window (kdm, gdm, xdm, or wdm) does not > get installed by default with Icewm or fluxbox, as I recall. It does > get installed with KDE and Gnome. So sometimes "yes", sometimes "no". > > But if you don't have a gui login window, you can still use "startx" > manually. > [snip] x-window-system will pull in xdm as a dependency, so there should be at least some graphical login screen. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
