Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

[j Mak <joz_mak@yahoo.ca>]

--- Ryan Schultz <schultz.ryan@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Saturday 11 June 2005 11:45 pm, j Mak wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've just installed Sarge and everything went ok.
> but
> > when i log in, there is no graphical interface
> appears
> > anywhere only the command line. How can i start
> gnome
> > or kde or any other grahical desktop.
> >
> > Thanks alot
> >
> > jozsefmak
> >
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> Login and run "startx", or look for kdm, xdm, or gdm
> in /etc/init.d and run 
> "/etc/init.d/(x,k, or g)dm start", replacing as
> necessary. You should be able 
> to startx as a regular user, but you will have to
> "su" to run the display 
> manager. 
> 
> However, if an environment didn't start
> automatically, it's likely that you 
> need to install one; "apt-get install gnome gdm" or
> "apt-get install kde kdm" 
> as root should do the trick.

Hi Ryan

Thanks for the suggestions. I installed kde form the
cd because from some reasons the installer didn't
install any graphical environment at first. The
installation went fine. After installing kde I
rebooted the computer. And guess what? I still doesn't
have any graphical interface. 
I logged in and run /etc/init.d/kdm start as you
suggested. But I got the message: Starting K Display
manager kdm . And the prompt reappears. So I am back
to square one. I have no graphical desktop still.

What to do next?

On a related note, could anyone point me to some
manual that explain how to install graphical desktop?
I already read the installation instruction but in
that there is no mentioning about graphic desktop
installation. 

Thanks a lot

jozsefmak

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