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.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
