Re: "apt-get BUG" OR "OPERATOR Error"?

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Ma, 04 dec 12, 21:25:08, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > Though I might be classed as a *nix newbie, I've been doing a series
> > of manual "expert installs" with the eventual goal of  determining
> > what *I* might want in a preseed.cfg file for some automated
> > experimental *MINIMALISTIC* installs.;/
> >
> > When I get to "Select and Install software", I chose *ONLY*
> > "Standard system utilities" and completing install with defaults.
> >
> > My APPARENT problem begins after the initial reboot.
> >
> > If my initial logon is followed by [ su <CR> password <CR> apt-get
> > install gdm gedit<CR>] there is NO problem after following reboot.
> >
> > *HOWEVER*
> >
> > If my initial logon is followed by [ su <CR> password <CR> apt-get
> > install gdm gedit gnome-terminal<CR>] a reboot dumps me at a root
> > terminal screen with apparently no way to get a gnome screen.
>
> Could you elaborate on this? Is this a linux console or a graphical
> screen with a terminal in the upper left corner?

It was "graphical screen with a terminal in the upper left 
corner".

> Or maybe it is the
> maintenance console (with the "Press Control-D" prompt)?

No. I associate seeing that with having done something 
obviously wrong.

> Did the 'apt-get' command prompt for removing packages (if yes, which ones)?

No.

> Kind regards,
> Andrei