On 8/3/06, [KS] <lists04@fastmail.fm> wrote:
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.
That did it. I had tried a few gnome-things, I didn't know what the name of the main thing was. Thanks! -Chuckk