Hi, apt-get install xserver-xfree86 If u already have xserver-xfree86 do this dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 apt-get install gnome startx
That should get u working probably the x-window-system package is not installed, by installing gnome all over again it could fix ur problem Regards, Vijaya Alexandros Papadopoulos wrote: > On Tuesday 27 July 2004 09:18, Raquel Rice wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:15:34 +0700 > > > > cep welly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Raquel Rice wrote: > > > >I've been running 2 servers using Debian for about 6 months. > > > > > > well, i assume you're already go in expert zone. > > > > > > >However, neither has had X installed. Today I'm setting up a > > > >desktop, with X installed. X starts, but does not appear. How > > > >do I go about bringing up Gnome? > > > > > > <sniff> > > > well...i take back my previous comment. > > > what do you mean by 'but does not appear' ?? is that mean that > > > your screen just > > > went blank with some error message from X ?? or ...??? then go > > > configure X correctly. > > > host:~#xf86config > > > posting your hw and sw environtment, X configuration, and some > > > error message could > > > be helpful for others to help you. > > > gnome ? apt-get gnome-core > > > > > > cheers, > > > > > > --me-- > > > > > > >Thanks! > > > > Yes, it was vague. Sorry. > > > > I meant to say that when the machine is booted, one of the last > > messages which is displayed on the screen is that xserver has been > > started. I am then at the command line. I'd like to be able to > > start Gnome, but don't know how to get there. Do I need to change > > run-levels? Or ... ? > > Not necessarily. It seems that a graphical login manager is attempting > to start, but fails. > > A runlevel is isimply a collection of services/daemons to be started as > a group, with a logical order. To check which runlevel you're at, issue > the "/sbin/runlevel" command. > > Try to issue the command "startx" as a regular user and send us the > output. > > Cheers > > -A > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
