startx goes to black screen with mouse pointer

Hi, I installed base system with System Utilities on mac G5 then followed this tutorial to get a simple gui setup http://ppcluddite.blogspot.ie/2012/03/installing-debian-linux-on-ppc-part-iii.html I also ran the command systemctl set-default multi-user:target to force login to command line and

Re: debian base system on mac G5 - what next?

thanks thats a great tip! i've tried re-installing several times and actually got the system to install all 3 options i.e. debian desktop environment, xfce, and system utilities unfortunately when I rebooted the screen eventuallty went blank, presumably when X was started - trying again to instal