Re: No Desktop - Anyone else??

2013-08-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 12:31:01AM -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > Anyone else want to chime in? Yeah! Please don't top post. Please trim out unnecessary content. Also, I think you'd get better help if you upgraded your mail client. It is not easy to differentiate your response from the previ

Re: No Desktop - Anyone else??

2013-08-06 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
Anyone else want to chime in? TIA Ethan = Hi Ethan :) On 07/31/2013 07:29 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > I just upgraded using a sources list from a computer running Debian7. I > think that Mate is installed, but now have no desktop! What does it mean, that you "now have no de

Re: No Desktop

2013-08-02 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
Hi Ethan :) On 07/31/2013 07:29 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > I just upgraded using a sources list from a computer running Debian7. I > think that Mate is installed, but now have no desktop! What does it mean, that you "now have no desktop"? Doesn't start X? Doesn't start the display mana

Re: No Desktop

2013-08-01 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
Hi Ethan :) On 07/31/2013 07:29 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > I just upgraded using a sources list from a computer running Debian7. I > think that Mate is installed, but now have no desktop! What does it mean, that you "now have no desktop"? Doesn't start X? Doesn't start the display mana

Re: No Desktop

2013-08-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi Ethan :) > On 07/31/2013 07:29 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > > I just upgraded using a sources list from a computer running Debian7. I > > think that Mate is installed, but now have no desktop! What does it mean, that you "now have no desktop"? Doesn't start X? Doesn't start the display m

Re: No Desktop

2013-07-31 Thread Ralph Katz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/31/2013 07:29 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > Dear List - > > This is an interesting day!!! > > I just upgraded using a sources list from a computer running Debian7. I > think that Mate is installed, but now have no desktop! > > Here is the

Re: no desktop directory for newly created user and some other issues.

2010-08-06 Thread Alexander Batischev
Hi! First of all - you better ask different questions in different treads. But as far as you asked already... On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 09:36:11AM +0530, vishnu vardhan wrote: > no desktop directory for newly created user and some other issues. [skipped] > adduser don't add Desktop directory. Desk

Re: no desktop environment

2006-08-03 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
On 8/3/06, [KS] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The last time I installed, I used the minimal install CD for etch and got the terminal after it was done. To get the desktop environment I had to manually install it. Install gnome and gdm with apt using: apt-get install gdm gnome gnome-desktop-environ

Re: no desktop environment

2006-08-03 Thread [KS]
Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > I installed Etch on my laptop, and have cds 1 2 and 3. During the > setup, it said to make sure xserver-xorg was loaded, and it is > installed. Debian boots to tty terminal, though. I type "startx" and > get a crosshatched desktop with a black terminal in the upper left >

Re: no desktop

2005-08-17 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 8/17/05, Stephen Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello, > i'm a newby installing debian for the first time. i've been able to install > debian 3.1, however i'm unable to reach the desktop. when i boot up i only > get to the text based screen which presents me with a prompt, ( debian > login

Re: no desktop

2005-08-16 Thread Kent West
Stephen Green wrote: > i'm a newby installing debian for the first time. i've been able to > install debian 3.1, however i'm unable to reach the desktop. when i > boot up i only get to the text based screen which presents me with a > prompt, ( debian login), if i use my user name and password a sm

re: no desktop

2005-08-16 Thread Stephen Green
hello, i'm a newby installing debian for the first time. i've been able to install debian 3.1, however i'm unable to reach the desktop. when i boot up i only get to the text based screen which presents me with a prompt, ( debian login), if i use my user name and password a small software discla