Re: How Do I Start the Debian GUI
Hello
Kent West (<westk@acu.edu>) wrote:
> Richard Blake wrote:
>
>> In a Newbie to Debian... and for maybe... 4 hours I thought
>> Debian was a text based OS. I recently ordered Debian for my I686
>> System... and I went through the installation.. 4 or 5 times I kinda
>> lost count... I thought I was doing it wrong... and there is a great
>> possiblity that I am. Im stumped at the Login part... after
>> installation... I only used the bootable Disc... and yet there are
>> 7!.. whats going? and how do I get to the Desktop of Debian.. what
>> do I have to do.... PLEASE TELL ME. please reply promply :(
>>
> [...]
> Start by installing the basic X packages; you can do this in a couple
> of ways:
> 1]
> apt-get install xserver-xfree86 xserver-common xbase-clients
> xfonts-base xfonts-scalable xfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi
You can instead install x-window-system-core, which will install all of
the above packages plus xutils and xlibmesa.
> 2]
> Run "tasksel" and select to install the desktop windowing environment
> (or whatever it's labeled).
>
> After the basic X stuff is installed, you can run it with the command
> "startx". Don't be surprised if X fails to start; if it does, look at
> /var/log/XFree86.log for details about what may have gone wrong.
And type "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" to rerun the initial
configuration dialog and change the settings.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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