At Wed, 22 Oct 2003 22:33:39 -0700, Scott Hansen wrote: > > Greetings, > > I downloaded iso disks of Debian and did an install. I am new to > Debian, and Linux as a whole. The question I have is thatI do not know > how to get a gui login or to activate a gui like kde. Could you help me > with this. As soon as I can get a gui up and test drive Debian I will > gladly send money to support it. Also, only disk 1 was needed for the > install even though I selected the desktop environments, games, > scientific, and 3 of the four developer packages. Did I screw up the > install? > > Thank you for your time, > > Scott Hansen >
I have a quick question, have you got the graphical side of things working? ie. after you login in a terminal, does startx work? If not then you need that up and running first and then the above answers will solve your problem with the graphical login. An aside: There is also another app for package management that works very like apt-get, but deals with recommended and suggested packages. It is called aptitude, you use it in a similar way as apt-get, ie. aptitude install gdm. I have recently discovered it, and it is very nice to work with, even nicer (which is saying a lot) than apt-get Hth, and good luck, I am reluctantly forced to work on windows at work, and am always happy to return to sanity when I get onto my own debian box at home.:-D rohan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
