Re: Using graphical environment
Kelly wrote:
> I have xfree86 installed to my knowledge. It was installed by
default. When I type startx it spits out a laundry list of errors.
>
> Kelly
>
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 02/11/07 21:49, Kelly wrote:
>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I am having trouble getting a new install of Debian 3.1 r4 and it
> boots
> >>> to the command line prompt. I want it to have a graphical interface.
> >>> As is it is useless to me. Could someone point me in a direction of a
> >>> tutorial on how to install with GUI or how to get a new install to
> boot
> >>> to GUI.
> >>>
>
> Install whatever GUI package you want to use. That should drag in
> all (most?) of the packages needed.
Sarge is a bit old for most hardware today, so depending upon your
errors it may just be the simple fact that Sarge doesn't support your
hardware. I'd give Etch a try before anything else, assuming that since
you need a GUI this *isn't *a mission critical server, but rather, a
home computer. Etch is basically Stable, it just doesn't have the name
yet. It has newer packages and better support, especially considering it
has SATA support (Which as far as I know, Sarge doesn't have).
You can download a copy of the Etch NetInstall from http://debian.org/,
just look up the NetInstall and on the bottom of the page there should
be a mirror for "Testing". That would be Etch, give it a go.
Alternatively, if you want to stick with Sarge for some reason you can
post here the errors that X tells you. Somebody should be able to guide
you along (Although since Sarge is stable, I'm going to jump to
conclusions and assume that this is hardware related.)
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