Hi charles,
had the same problem i guess.
what did i do to to resove it?
a f t e r installation of bf24, woody asks you to log in. so log in as root.
then do:
apt-get install xserver-xfree86
and, after that to prevent that you only can log in with gdm:
apt-get install kdm (or xdm)
follow the questions in the (blue boxes on the konsole-screen and you will see your graphic interface appear, after you command something like 'startx' as root.
thid all possibly on the following constraint: that you,
as i did during the installation of bf24, a fine kernel, installed the debian security updates as well. it seems that installing these sec. updates blockades Xwindows to appear to install in taskel.
good luck
ps jan gave you allready a sound advice, zso it seems to me. but: maybe the advantage of my words is the ude of (almost aumatic) get-apt.
goodluck, however,
steef
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 09:35:09 +0200 To: Charles Forelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-us <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 08:19, Charles Forelle wrote:
>> Hello all, >> >> I'm in the midst of my first ever installation of Debian and I'm having >> trouble with the graphical interface. I've completed the process (installing >> the bf2.4 flavor with only desktop environment picked in tasksel -- I chose >> not to run dselect yet). The install complete with a text log-in prompt. I >> can login OK, both as the normal user I created and as root. But when I >> reboot, I get a message right after the login prompt appears that says: >> >> I cannot start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likely that it >> is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X server output to >> diagnose the problem? >> >> My choices: Yes or No. >> >> I pick Yes and get a blank gray box. My only choice is EXIT, which I pick. >> Then it says: >> >> Would you like me to try to run the X configuration program? Note that you >> will need the root password for this. >> >> I pick Yes and give the root password. Then I get: >> >> I will now try to restart the X server again. >> >> I pick OK, and after a second or two pause, I'm back to the original I >> cannot start the X server... message, whence I end up in an endless loop. >> >> Help! I'm totally flummoxed. Does anyone have a sense of what's gone wrong? >> >> With thanks, >> >> Charles. >>
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