On Tuesday 27 July 2004 09:18, Raquel Rice wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:15:34 +0700 > > cep welly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Raquel Rice wrote: > > >I've been running 2 servers using Debian for about 6 months. > > > > well, i assume you're already go in expert zone. > > > > >However, neither has had X installed. Today I'm setting up a > > >desktop, with X installed. X starts, but does not appear. How > > >do I go about bringing up Gnome? > > > > <sniff> > > well...i take back my previous comment. > > what do you mean by 'but does not appear' ?? is that mean that > > your screen just > > went blank with some error message from X ?? or ...??? then go > > configure X correctly. > > host:~#xf86config > > posting your hw and sw environtment, X configuration, and some > > error message could > > be helpful for others to help you. > > gnome ? apt-get gnome-core > > > > cheers, > > > > --me-- > > > > >Thanks! > > Yes, it was vague. Sorry. > > I meant to say that when the machine is booted, one of the last > messages which is displayed on the screen is that xserver has been > started. I am then at the command line. I'd like to be able to > start Gnome, but don't know how to get there. Do I need to change > run-levels? Or ... ?
Not necessarily. It seems that a graphical login manager is attempting to start, but fails. A runlevel is isimply a collection of services/daemons to be started as a group, with a logical order. To check which runlevel you're at, issue the "/sbin/runlevel" command. Try to issue the command "startx" as a regular user and send us the output. Cheers -A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
