On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 13:53, Kent West wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I just installed Debian 3. I noticed it doesn't seem to have a gui > > installed. So, I went ahead and installed xfce. Stupid question, but I > > can't seem to figure out how to start it? > > > > > > > Not knowing what your level of *nix knowledge is, it's hard to answer > without being too terse or too simplistic. > > xfce is just a window manager on top of the GUI (the X11 Window System > server - don't think of "server" as a computer in the "Computing > Center"; think of it as a "base foundation of the graphical environment" > -- not exactly accurate, but good enough for this discussion). > > So not only do you need a window manager such as xfce or icewm (or a > more bloated windowing environment such as KDE or Gnome), you also need > need the base GUI (X11). > > You should be able to install tasksel, and then run it, and select "X > window system" to get a basic system up and running. > > You can create a file named ".xinitrc" in your home folder, and put the > single line in it: > xfce > to start xfce on top of X when X starts.
But to actually *start* X, you run the command startx And .xinitrc is not needed, depending on what /etc/alternatives/ x-session-manager and /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager point to. Since I only have Gnome installed, they point to gnome-session and metacity. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA Causation does NOT equal correlation !!!!!!!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
