On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 02:08:03PM -0600, William Lee Valentine wrote: > I had only the first CD and the first DVD for the current version of > Debian with which to install Debian on one of my computers. I managed > the installation, however, and got a command prompt after booting. I > then used TASKSEL to download Gnome. This succeeded; but, on rebooting, > I still got a command prompt. > > My documentation tells me to change the value of INITDEFAULT from 3 to 5 > within the file INITTAB, which sits in /ETC. Debian will then boot to > Gnome, and not the command prompt. > > The current version of Debian, however, does not have a file INITTAB > under /ETC. How do I get Debian to boot to Gnome, currently, and not to > a command prompt? > > Thank you for your help. > > -- William Lee Valentine > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Tasksel - you'll need Debian desktop environment AND Gnome. That should install a few hundred packages. At that point, it should work correctly and present you with a login manager in GDM Hope this helps, AndyC
