On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:54, Martin Dowie wrote:
Hi all!
I'm a first-time GNU/Linux (wanna-be) User although I have some Un*x
experience. I've downloaded all 14 Sarge .iso CDs and have happily managed
to get a system that will now boot to a command line after installing from
CD1. I used the default partitioning for multi-users.
I notice that while booting there are several failures - but the screen is
flying by at this point and I can't see what they are. Is there a 'boot
log' I can 'cat|more' though?
I'm also now at a lose as to how to install stuff from the other CD's - in
particular I would like GNOME as my desktop environmnet and to be able to
use my Alcatel SpeedTouch USB ADSL modem. I've searched high and low for a
Debian installation guide for dummies but I either find stuff that is more
"... for Experts" or I find 1,000's of hits that don't really seem to cover
what I want. Can someone recommend a link for me as to what to do now?
TIA
-- Martin
At the risk of being shot by the experts, 'cos I'm pretty much of a newbie
myself.... and all these comments apply to Woody, unless they've changed
things I guess Sarge oughta be the same....
You haven't said whether you're running the command line login because you
prefer it or because X won't start. Assuming that isn't your problem...
I imagine Sarge has both KDE and Gnome installed, it's just a matter of
launching the right one.
If that's the case, then you need to set the x-session-manager symlink i.e.
ln -s /usr/bin/gnome-session /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager
(the KDE equivalent in Woody is /usr/bin/kde2)