/reload, don't choose the desktop option at the super cli type this in: apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get install x-window-system-core apt-get install x-window-system apt-get install gnome startx
operator / Danesh Daroui wrote: > Hi all, > > I am an Ubuntu (Debian's kid) lover who has decided recently to port > some of my work on Debian. I have downloaded minimal CD of Debian's > latest version. Everything seems to go fine, but when the installation > is done, the X-Server can be run and the OS just stays in text mode > without GUI. There is also a log file which has been created after > several attempts to run X-Server but it is messy enough. Can anybody > help? Also, I feel very unconformable with KDE while I love GNOME, but > the Debian installer didn't ask me anywhere if I want GNOME or KDE. I > saw also that it has downloaded packages from both KDE and GNOME. How > can I specifically chose GNOME as windows handler? > > Regards, > > D. > >