On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, [od] eeman wrote: > I installed debian recently and i believed it would be somewhat like > slackware linux. Apparently I was wrong. At first I thought it would > be nice to dual boot debian with windows (and it is) But this was > because I had originally thought that the start and startx and xconf > would work with debian thinking they were standard linux commands. You most likely want to actually install the X server. Running tasksel and selecting the desktop task is the easiest method. Alternatively, apt-get install xwindow-system; As a final note, debian-user@lists.debian.org is the proper list to request user support. This list is primarily for discussions relating to the project itself. Don Armstrong -- "There's no problem so large it can't be solved by killing the user off, deleting their files, closing their account and reporting their REAL earnings to the IRS." -- The B.O.F.H.. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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