Re: frustration with debian installation

2000-10-08 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: > > > On 07 Oct 2000, Bob Edwards wrote: > > > (3) how do I configure gnome? Eric Miller gave this answer just a few messages down, to Tor Kjemo: > Well, that's easy: $ apt-get install task-gnome-desktop gdm > > Just select GNOME from the GDM login window (will be default an

Re: frustration with debian installation

2000-10-08 Thread Kent West
> On 07 Oct 2000, Bob Edwards wrote: > > Greetings from a very frustrated "newbie." After numerous attempts, I > > finally got the base system and packages installed, but I now have what > > seems like the overwhelming task of configuring everything so I can > > actually use the new system I saved

Re: frustration with debian installation

2000-10-08 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 07 Oct 2000, Bob Edwards wrote: > Greetings from a very frustrated "newbie." After numerous attempts, I > finally got the base system and packages installed, but I now have what > seems like the overwhelming task of configuring everything so I can > actually use the new system I saved for months

Re: frustration with debian installation

2000-10-07 Thread Sean
On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 09:55:35AM -0500, Bob Edwards wrote: > Greetings from a very frustrated "newbie." After numerous attempts, I > finally got the base system and packages installed, but I now have what > seems like the overwhelming task of configuring everything so I can > actually use the ne

Re: frustration with debian installation

2000-10-07 Thread David Z Maze
Bob Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BE> (1) What all do I have to configure if I want to use gnome as my gui ? There are a couple of different things you can do. One is to install the GNOME Display Manager (gdm), and select "GNOME" off of its menu. Another is to create a $HOME/.xsession file

frustration with debian installation

2000-10-07 Thread Bob Edwards
Greetings from a very frustrated "newbie." After numerous attempts, I finally got the base system and packages installed, but I now have what seems like the overwhelming task of configuring everything so I can actually use the new system I saved for months to purchase. (1) What all do I have to c