Re: X Question
On Tuesday 27 July 2004 09:18, Raquel Rice wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:15:34 +0700
>
> cep welly <deb_milist@yahoo.com.sg> wrote:
> > Raquel Rice wrote:
> > >I've been running 2 servers using Debian for about 6 months.
> >
> > well, i assume you're already go in expert zone.
> >
> > >However, neither has had X installed. Today I'm setting up a
> > >desktop, with X installed. X starts, but does not appear. How
> > >do I go about bringing up Gnome?
> >
> > <sniff>
> > well...i take back my previous comment.
> > what do you mean by 'but does not appear' ?? is that mean that
> > your screen just
> > went blank with some error message from X ?? or ...??? then go
> > configure X correctly.
> > host:~#xf86config
> > posting your hw and sw environtment, X configuration, and some
> > error message could
> > be helpful for others to help you.
> > gnome ? apt-get gnome-core
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > --me--
> >
> > >Thanks!
>
> Yes, it was vague. Sorry.
>
> I meant to say that when the machine is booted, one of the last
> messages which is displayed on the screen is that xserver has been
> started. I am then at the command line. I'd like to be able to
> start Gnome, but don't know how to get there. Do I need to change
> run-levels? Or ... ?
Not necessarily. It seems that a graphical login manager is attempting
to start, but fails.
A runlevel is isimply a collection of services/daemons to be started as
a group, with a logical order. To check which runlevel you're at, issue
the "/sbin/runlevel" command.
Try to issue the command "startx" as a regular user and send us the
output.
Cheers
-A
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