Re: Debian Squeeze Installation
On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:56:45 -0500
Roman Gelfand <rgelfand2@gmail.com> wrote:
> When installing Squeeze, I chose standard system install and desktop
> environment. However, it boots in line mode. How can I check if
> desktop, in fact was installed? how to enable it? what is the name
> of the of the gnome or kde packages?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
I hate to say this, but in my experience, when this happens it's
because X is broken. I've never known a Debian installer to 'forget'
to install a desktop, but I've often had initial problems with X. As
already stated, try startx, but my guess is that won't work either.
It's probably something minor like the video card driver, but it's very
frustrating because of course the installer always manages to drive X
reasonably, using the basic frame buffer system.
Try cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log which is the latest log file on Sid, I
assume it's the same on Squeeze.
My preference is to immediately install mc (Midnight Commander) on a new
system, as it's a reasonably powerful file manager linked to a text
editor. If you use a desktop exclusively, getting around and fixing
things without it is heavy going.
--
Joe
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