Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > I installed Etch on my laptop, and have cds 1 2 and 3. During the > setup, it said to make sure xserver-xorg was loaded, and it is > installed. Debian boots to tty terminal, though. I type "startx" and > get a crosshatched desktop with a black terminal in the upper left > corner. There is an X pointer, and it does respond to the touchpad, > but I can't affect anything beyond typing in the terminal. > I did a net-install of Etch on my desktop, and it went fine. > Unfortunately, my wireless card for the laptop hasn't shown up yet. > So I'm wondering whether this is Xwindows or Gnome-oriented, and > whether it's from using the CDs instead of net-install, or from being > on the laptop. It's a Micron Transport ZX. > > -Chuckk >
The last time I installed, I used the minimal install CD for etch and got the terminal after it was done. To get the desktop environment I had to manually install it. Install gnome and gdm with apt using: apt-get install gdm gnome gnome-desktop-environment and you should be getting a lot of packages that are required by gnome. After that you can handpick more packages depending on your needs. HTH, /ks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
