see below. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:20, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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?
I had done apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment then startx gives an error along the lines of : "startx: unknown command." Now I have also done apt-get install gdm apt-get install gnome <wait a long time> then, on boot gnome starts, I get a login window, do log in, but am only given a blue screen without anything!!! What to do? Kjetil > >> 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 > > -- "If you want a picture of the future - imagine a boot stamping on the human face - forever." George Orwell (1984) -- 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/aanlktimincymegus7y=mwcarmmyoywy8vq8t3pga0...@mail.gmail.com