Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-15 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 05:04:42PM -0400, j Mak wrote: > The problem is that I cannot make my Internet > connection work with sarge. The only way I can > download that file either with Knoppix or windows as > an independent debian package, burn it into a cd and > install it from there. Or from th

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-14 Thread Ionut Georgescu
j Mak wrote: Hi, I've just installed Sarge and everything went ok. but when i log in, there is no graphical interface appears anywhere only the command line. How can i start gnome or kde or any other grahical desktop. Thanks alot Hi, did you install the graphical desktop at all ? Login

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-13 Thread j Mak
--- Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > j Mak: > > --- Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Then do 'aptitude install xserver-xfree86' (and > yes, > > > 86 not 89). I am > > > very sure it's on the first CD. > > > > The “aptitude install xserver-xfree86” command > worked.

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
j Mak: > --- Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Then do 'aptitude install xserver-xfree86' (and yes, > > 86 not 89). I am > > very sure it's on the first CD. > > The “aptitude install xserver-xfree86” command worked. Great. > Now i have x window and kde up and running. > But now

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > j Mak: > > > > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: xserver-xfree89 is not > > installed > > Then do 'aptitude install xserver-xfree86' (and yes, > 86 not 89). I am > very sure it's on the first CD. > Thanks Jochen The “aptitude install xserver-xfree86”

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread terry
j Mak wrote: I ran tasksel. The first item on the list was Desktop environment. It was already selected then I hit enter and nothing happened. I was back to the prompt. Did I do something wrong? Are you sure tasksel selected the desktop environment, or did it only "highlight" it? You ha

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Ishwar Rattan
As others have pointed out: you do not have X-wondows installed. Install the software FIRST or re-install from scratch from install media. One way to see if the needed package is installed is via dpkg program: # dpkg -l -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Kent West
j Mak wrote: >--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>j Mak wrote: >> >> >>>--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Try "aptitude install x-window-system". >The problem is that I cannot make my Internet >connection work with sarge. The only way

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
j Mak: > > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: xserver-xfree89 is not > installed Then do 'aptitude install xserver-xfree86' (and yes, 86 not 89). I am very sure it's on the first CD. J. -- Tony Blair is a hypnotised self-seeking scarecrow just like all the rest. [Agree] [Disagree] <

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > j Mak wrote: > > >--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>It looks like you don't have X [completely] > >>installed. > >> > >>Try "aptitude install x-window-system". > >> > >> > > > >I tried the aptitude install x-window-system and i

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 10:17:53AM -0400, j Mak > wrote: > > > [snip] > > have any graphical interface. > > I logged in and run /etc/init.d/kdm start as you > > suggested. But I got the message: Starting K > Display > > manager kdm . And the prompt

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Kent West
j Mak wrote: >--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>It looks like you don't have X [completely] >>installed. >> >>Try "aptitude install x-window-system". >> >> > >I tried the aptitude install x-window-system and i got >the following message: > >No candidate version found for x-windo

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 10:17:53AM -0400, j Mak wrote: > [snip] > have any graphical interface. > I logged in and run /etc/init.d/kdm start as you > suggested. But I got the message: Starting K Display > manager kdm . And the prompt reappears. So I am back > to square one. I have no graphical des

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Greg Madden
On Sunday 12 June 2005 08:47 am, j Mak wrote: > --- Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > j Mak: > > > I logged in with Knoppix and I searched the sarge > > > partition for the file you mentioned, but I found > > > > no > > > > > Xfree86.0.log file in the /var/log directory. > > > > Kent was

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > j Mak: > > > > I logged in with Knoppix and I searched the sarge > > partition for the file you mentioned, but I found > no > > Xfree86.0.log file in the /var/log directory. > > Kent was right, you need to install the xserver > first. The easiest t

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
j Mak: > > I logged in with Knoppix and I searched the sarge > partition for the file you mentioned, but I found no > Xfree86.0.log file in the /var/log directory. Kent was right, you need to install the xserver first. The easiest thing for you to do is to run tasksel as root and select the "desk

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > j Mak wrote: > > > > >In my previous email I forgot to mention that when > i > >run startx i get the following message: > > > >No such file or directory. > >giving up > >xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable > to > >connect to x server > >x

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > j Mak: > > > > In my previous email I forgot to mention that when > i > > run startx i get the following message: > > Look at your /var/log/XFree86.0.log and search for > lines beginning with > '(WW)' and ('EE'). These are warnings and errors. > Po

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
j Mak: > > In my previous email I forgot to mention that when i > run startx i get the following message: Look at your /var/log/XFree86.0.log and search for lines beginning with '(WW)' and ('EE'). These are warnings and errors. Post them here if you don't understand them and what Google tells you

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Kent West
j Mak wrote: > >In my previous email I forgot to mention that when i >run startx i get the following message: > >No such file or directory. >giving up >xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to >connect to x server >xinit: No such process (errno 3): server error > > It looks like you

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- j Mak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Ryan Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 11 June 2005 11:45 pm, j Mak wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've just installed Sarge and everything went > ok. > > but > > > when i log in, there is no graphical interface > > appears > > > any

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- Ryan Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 11 June 2005 11:45 pm, j Mak wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've just installed Sarge and everything went ok. > but > > when i log in, there is no graphical interface > appears > > anywhere only the command line. How can i start > gnome > > or kde

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-11 Thread Ryan Schultz
On Saturday 11 June 2005 11:45 pm, j Mak wrote: > Hi, > > I've just installed Sarge and everything went ok. but > when i log in, there is no graphical interface appears > anywhere only the command line. How can i start gnome > or kde or any other grahical desktop. > > Thanks alot > > jozsefmak > >