Hello Kent West (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> Richard Blake wrote: > >> In a Newbie to Debian... and for maybe... 4 hours I thought >> Debian was a text based OS. I recently ordered Debian for my I686 >> System... and I went through the installation.. 4 or 5 times I kinda >> lost count... I thought I was doing it wrong... and there is a great >> possiblity that I am. Im stumped at the Login part... after >> installation... I only used the bootable Disc... and yet there are >> 7!.. whats going? and how do I get to the Desktop of Debian.. what >> do I have to do.... PLEASE TELL ME. please reply promply :( >> > [...] > Start by installing the basic X packages; you can do this in a couple > of ways: > 1] > apt-get install xserver-xfree86 xserver-common xbase-clients > xfonts-base xfonts-scalable xfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi You can instead install x-window-system-core, which will install all of the above packages plus xutils and xlibmesa. > 2] > Run "tasksel" and select to install the desktop windowing environment > (or whatever it's labeled). > > After the basic X stuff is installed, you can run it with the command > "startx". Don't be surprised if X fails to start; if it does, look at > /var/log/XFree86.log for details about what may have gone wrong. And type "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" to rerun the initial configuration dialog and change the settings. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]