On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:39:56 -0300, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > I have just installed debian squeeze from CD-rom 1 (amd64), and from the > command line run sudo apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment. > > But on booting the computer I am still dropped to a shell, and the > command startx > do not work.
"startx" should be fine. What error did you get? Maybe a problem with your VGA card? > How do I start gnome from the command line (and how configure debian to > start it automatically on boot? It should be automagically done after you installed "gnome-desktop- environment" :-? "/etc/inittab" should say: *** # The default runlevel. id:2:initdefault: *** Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.12.15.20...@gmail.com