Re: Hi again. How to boot into gdm?
Bret Comstock Waldow (bwaldow@alum.mit.edu) wrote:
: Hello,
:
: I'm going to try and get Debian working again. I'll start reading, but
: I'd appreciate help with some quick setup issues to make the computer
: bearable for day to day life.
:
: The machine is an IBM Thinkpad T21, 20M hd, cable modem access via a
: router (so NAT is in effect).
:
: I'm not sharp on network stuff yet, or much Debian either. I've been
: using first SuSE, the Redhat, for several years.
:
: I've got Woody installed, starting from r0 CD, but getting all packages
: from the net. During install, I chose gdm as default boot manager, and
: selected all sorts of Gnome from dselect, which appears to have been
: duly installed.
:
: The system boots to a text prompt. I want it to boot to gdm.
:
: I can run 'gdm' from the text console, and it runs, and I can log in as
: my user. I then have to 'killall gdm' to get out of it.
:
: I'd like to boot to gdm, and shutdown from that as well (what I'm used
: to with the other distros I've been using). That alone will make me
: much more comfortable.
:
: Thanks for any pointers to where to go. I just don't know how Debian is
: put together yet. And...does choosing gdm as default in install, and
: not having it be the default on startup mean I didn't complete the
: install correctly somehow?
:
: Also, gdm won't allow me to log in as root. ??
:
: Thanks in advance,
: Bret
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