Re: no desktop environment
Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> I installed Etch on my laptop, and have cds 1 2 and 3. During the
> setup, it said to make sure xserver-xorg was loaded, and it is
> installed. Debian boots to tty terminal, though. I type "startx" and
> get a crosshatched desktop with a black terminal in the upper left
> corner. There is an X pointer, and it does respond to the touchpad,
> but I can't affect anything beyond typing in the terminal.
> I did a net-install of Etch on my desktop, and it went fine.
> Unfortunately, my wireless card for the laptop hasn't shown up yet.
> So I'm wondering whether this is Xwindows or Gnome-oriented, and
> whether it's from using the CDs instead of net-install, or from being
> on the laptop. It's a Micron Transport ZX.
>
> -Chuckk
>
The last time I installed, I used the minimal install CD for etch and
got the terminal after it was done. To get the desktop environment I had
to manually install it. Install gnome and gdm with apt using:
apt-get install gdm gnome gnome-desktop-environment
and you should be getting a lot of packages that are required by gnome.
After that you can handpick more packages depending on your needs.
HTH, /ks
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