Mike,
A mouse pointer is a good thing as it means X is probably working. To get a login window you need a "display manager" of some sort. Usually its "gdm", but could also be mwm, kdm, and several others (I think). Make sure that gdm is installed, e.g. ii gdm 2.20.10-1 GNOME Display Manager Your version may not necessarily match mine. jDepending on your setup you may be running one of the other display managers. Try dpkg --list | grep -i "manager" and see what shows up. If there is a display manager installed, then there is some issue with the start-up scripts. Brian >>>>> "Mike" == Mike Allegro <mikeallegr...@gmail.com> writes: Mike> I just installed Debian 5.0 and it seem to install just fine. Mike> After the installation I rebooted my computer and Debian Linux Mike> loaded up, when it goes into the graphics part I see a blue Mike> screen with a symbol that reminds me of the hour glass symbol Mike> from Microsoft Windows. After the symbol disappears it should Mike> go to the login screen but it does not. It goes to a solid Mike> white screen where there is nothing but the mouse pointer. I Mike> am not sure what is going on? Do you have any ideas? Could Mike> it be a problem with my graphics card? I have the following Mike> in my computer; Mike> AMD 1.2 Ghz processor 512 Mb Ram Diamond graphics card with Mike> ATI 9250 chipset with 128 MB ram 80Gb hard drive CD Drive CD Mike> Burner Mike> Any help would be appreciated!!! Mike> Regards, Mike> Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
