On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:30:35PM -0600, 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.
Welcome. If you get a login prompt and can log in as yourself and not just root, then you have a successful install. If you want a GUI, you need to tell us where you're at. Have you got /etc/apt/sources.list set up? Can you run Aptitude to choose pacakges? Can you install the debian-reference package and read that? Can you browse the available packages in Aptitude? You have your choice of GUI setups: a simple window manager or an integrated desktop environement. Gnome. KDE. Try google to see what you want. Then, your chosen GUI will have what is called a meta package. Choose to install that and Aptitude will also install everything else needed to get that GUI running. Subscribe to the list and post back questions. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
