As root run /etc/init.d/network-manager start
I'm using network-manager, but I also can run a script and connect to the Internet without network manager. I can't explain how to do this for Debian, since regarding to systemd's device naming even eth0 became an obscure name for my Linux. "start" isn't the only option, other, perhaps all options are stop| restart|status. If X shouldn't start, you should take a look at the log files, it's likely that GDM isn't broken, but that something is fishy with X. As root or user run grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log As user run cat ~/.xsession-errors -- 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/1365516330.2607.173.camel@archlinux