On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen < kjetil1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have just installed debian squeeze from CD-rom 1 (amd64), and from the > command line run sudo apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment. > > But on booting the computer I am still dropped to a shell, and the command > startx > do not work. > > How do I start gnome from the command line (and how configure debian to > start > it automatically on boot? > > Kjetil > > -- > "If you want a picture of the future - imagine a boot stamping on the > human face - forever." > > George Orwell (1984) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/aanlktin1kamomv5atx6c1v38rr2+enffx59kfahc7...@mail.gmail.com > > Did you try something like: /etc/init.d/gdm start/restart as root ? -- Amar Ćosić
