Re: X -window how can I start it?

[Tom Chance <lists@tomchance.org.uk>]

On Wednesday 31 Mar 2004 16:09, Torbjörn Schultz wrote:
> Hallo
>
> I am a real beginner. I have successfully, I hope, installed debian, just
> the base installation nothing more. I am getting the two pormpts as user
> and root and the commands work etc. But I cant start X windows, I have
> trided startx but only to get a message that the command is unknown, I have
> also tried to use F7 and other F:s together with Alt. Nothing works.

Login as root, and try:

	"ls /usr/X11R6/bin"

If you get a list of files, X is installed. Is "startx" in that list? If you 
get nothing, or an error saying the directory doesn't exist, you need to 
install X, which you do with:

	"apt-get install xserver-xfree86"

Tom