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Re: GUI fails to start



On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 02:04:24PM -0500, Nathan Martin wrote:
> Help!
> 
> After the setup process for Lenny, the system reboots to start the new
> installation but the GUI does not come up. The screen remains blank. I
> checked the option for "Desktop" in the set up process. Everything seems to
> go smoothly until the GUI should come up. I am starting from a "net-install"
> CD I downloaded and burned. Am I doing something wrong or is it my disk
> copy?

most likely, it's an issue with the X  system not properly starting
the gui session. Try switching over to a virtual terminal (via
Ctrl-Alt-F1) and logging into the command line. You can then debug
from there. 

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