On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 01:31:23PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Danesh Daroui wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am an Ubuntu (Debian's kid) lover who has decided recently to port > > some of my work on Debian. I have downloaded minimal CD of Debian's > > latest version. Everything seems to go fine, but when the installation > > is done, the X-Server can be run and the OS just stays in text mode > > without GUI. There is also a log file which has been created after > > several attempts to run X-Server but it is messy enough. Can anybody help? > > Try "aptitude install x-window-system kde". > > This assumes that you don't enough installed for what you need, and if > that's the case, should prompt you if you want to use gdm or kdm as your > login manager (kdm is KDE's; gdm is Gnome's, but either will let you log > into either the Gnome or KDE environment (if both are installed) via a > menu on the login screen). Hi Danesh, as Kent mentions, Debian does not install X windows unless you tell it to. This is why you could not run X. Since Ubuntu is meant to do everything for desktop users, it did this. Debian does not as it is for every users, not just desktop users. cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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