On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Ma, 04 dec 12, 21:25:08, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> >>> If my initial logon is followed by [ su <CR> password <CR> apt-get >>> install gdm gedit gnome-terminal<CR>] a reboot dumps me at a root >>> terminal screen with apparently no way to get a gnome screen. >> >> Could you elaborate on this? Is this a linux console or a graphical >> screen with a terminal in the upper left corner? > > It was "graphical screen with a terminal in the upper left corner".
So you have X installed without a WM so you just have the default X app launched, an xterm. -- 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/CAOdo=sybydauq+1tsr5n1_xhy_awalquef_c6nzbe5cbd2k...@mail.gmail.com