Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop
On Sunday 12 June 2005 08:47 am, j Mak wrote:
> --- Jochen Schulz <ml@well-adjusted.de> wrote:
> > j Mak:
> > > I logged in with Knoppix and I searched the sarge
> > > partition for the file you mentioned, but I found
> >
> > no
> >
> > > Xfree86.0.log file in the /var/log directory.
> >
> > Kent was right, you need to install the xserver
> > first. The easiest thing
> > for you to do is to run tasksel as root and select
> > the "desktop
> > environment" task. That gives you a complete X
> > Server, Gnome and KDE.
>
> I ran tasksel. The first item on the list was Desktop
> environment. It was already selected then I hit enter
> and nothing happened. I was back to the prompt.
>
> Did I do something wrong?
If everything is installed, try, as root from the command line,
'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86'
--
Greg Madden
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