Re: Using Debian problem--please help

2007-04-12 Thread Chris Lale
Christian Hattery wrote: > I used the netinst from the US mirror and I installed it on an AMD64 > system and everything went fine and after the install when Debian ask's > for my account name and pass it leaves that GUI and goes to nothing but > a GRAY screen and a mouse cursor. > > I don't know w

Re: Using Debian problem--please help

2007-04-11 Thread Adam Frank
I don't know what to do from here and I'm confused as to what could be wrong please any input would greatly be appreciated. Something useful (in addition to what's already been said here) that a newbie *might* not know: when X starts and you wind up at that seemingly-inescapable grey screen, you

Re: Using Debian problem--please help

2007-04-11 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Christian Hattery wrote: > I used the netinst from the US mirror and I installed it on an AMD64 > system and everything went fine and after the install when Debian ask's > for my account name and pass it leaves that GUI and goes to nothing but a > GRAY screen and a mouse cursor. > > I don't know

Re: Using Debian problem--please help

2007-04-10 Thread Kent West
On 4/10/07, Christian Hattery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I used the netinst from the US mirror and I installed it on an AMD64 system and everything went fine and after the install when Debian ask's for my account name and pass it leaves that GUI and goes to nothing but a GRAY screen and a mouse