Chris Lale wrote: > 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, I had the same experience a week or so ago after doing a total reinstall of my laptop with a freshly downloaded sarge netinstall cd. I also chose the standard workstation selection from the installer. Much to my surprise NOT ALL of the necessary X components where installed standard. I had to install keyboard, mouse, touchpad and the chip-specific xserver myself. At first baffeled, I did take the time to read the xserver log file line by line, which quickly revealed the missing packages. Install apt-get and use apt-cache search ...... to identify your missing components. apt-get install ..... them.
Don't worry, even when installing kdm, gnome is by default littering your screen in debian [It is obvious what my preference is or not! ;-) ]. Best regards Jan -- ** Do NOT use the reply-to address. You'll end up in the trash can ** Mail me at: jan A.T schledermann D0T org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
