Andrei sorry for my late response,
> More precisely, no Display Manager (DM). Even if you do have a Desktop > Environment installed, the DM is responsible for automatically starting > it. > > Please try to log in on the console and run: > > startx > > > startx ha the output: /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: 3: exec: /usr/bin/X: not found xinit: giving up xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused xinit: server error > If you do get a Desktop Environment (which one?) most likely all you > need is to install a DM. For Gnome you probably want GDM (package > 'gdm'). > > Apologies, that should have been clearer, I meant: please post the > output of: > > > journalctl -ab > > (requires root or sudo to get useful output) > > The output is quite large. Which are the interesting entries to post? > > as well as the *contents* of /var/log/Xorg.0.log or > ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log (whichever exists). > > Both files do not exist. > Since you don't have a DM installed these are only useful if the Desktop > Environment fails to start. > > Kind regards, > Andrei > -- > http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser It appears that neither DM nor DE are installed. Should I start with a DM?

