on Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 01:05:53PM +0100, David Lorenzo (dlorenzo@telefonica.net) wrote: > Hello, I am trying to install debian from a cd i got from a magazine > but i am not very good at linux so i dont know if it is me who is not > installing it properly. > > The problem is that i get to install it and when i choose what to > install with tasksel i cannot pick any X-Window-System from the menu > and so i think i am not installing properly any desktop environment > and it never starts with gnome or kde though i know i have configure > gnome2 (i upgraded it from another cd). The further i have got is to > when debian tries to run gnome (after upgrading to gnome2) but it says > something like "X-Window is not configure, do you want to configure > now?" I pick yes but it doesnt do anything. > > Another problem i had during installation is that the locales in the > cd (i guess they are not very well), i cannot choose anyone of them. > So that when i finished installation my keyboard doesnt work properly > and debian keeps saying all the time "keyboard unknown scancode" or > something like that. > > > I really appreciate your help because i wrote to the magazine telling > them the problems and they havent helped. Thankyou very much for your > time. Please set your mailer/editor linewrap to 68-75 characters. I strongly recommend 72 as a good default. Thank you. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Backgrounder on the Caldera/SCO vs. IBM and Linux dispute. http://sco.iwethey.org/
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