Re: Question

[Christopher Nelson <chris@cavein.org>]

On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 10:11:27PM -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
> boonstra@augsburg.edu wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm very new to Linux.  I've installed Debian on my PowerPC, and I'd like 
> >to use
> >the Gnome interface.  I installed Gnome, but I can't figure out how to use 
> >it. I still see the black and white Debian console.  I've searched through 
> >my
> >directories trying to find some file that will start Gnome, but I've found
> >nothing.  Do you know how I start it?
> >
> >Thanks
> >Shawn
> >  
> In the console, enter your login name and password. After that, at the 
> command prompt enter startx. If everything is configured properly, then 
> you should see gnome up and running.

And if you want to log into GNOME by default rather than the console,
'apt-get install gdm' should set that up for you.

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