Re: Using Debian X windows
Ron wrote:
I have installed debian Linux, and I want to use it in the X windows
mode, how do I start the X capabilities of debian. I have been reading
the tutorial and I still can’t run debian Linux like I have run Red
Hat Linux, which to me is very friendly, I thought that debian Linux
would be as friendly, what is my problem.
The first problem is that you thought Debian would be as friendly as
Redhat during installation/setup. (It's more friendly during
maintenance, but not generally during setup.)
The second problem is that you've confused a working Debian install with
a working Debian install with a fancy GUI on top. Unlike in the recent
Windows world where a GUI is required, a GUI is optional in the
GNU/Linux world, and therefore isn't considered to be necessary to a
Debian install, and the installation documents probably don't address
getting X up and running.
You tell us nothing about how you installed it (network? CD from where?)
or what your hardware is (P5-120? Athlon XP2600? Macintosh? 64MiB RAM?
2GB drive? ATI All-in-Wonder? nVidia?) or what you installed (just the
base? did you run dselect?), so we're left guessing a lot.
I'm assuming you don't have all the X stuff installed. Try:
apt-get update
apt-get install x-window-system
Then try running "startx". (Or just try this to begin with; it may be
that X is installed; you just need to start it.)
--
Kent
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