On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 07:38:21AM -0800, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:09:44 +0200 > Torbj?rn Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hallo > > > > I am a real beginner. I have successfully, I hope, installed debian, > > just the base installation nothing more. I am getting the two pormpts > > as user and root and the commands work etc. But I cant start X > > windows, I have trided startx but only to get a message that the > > command is unknown, I have also tried to use F7 and other F:s together > > with Alt. Nothing works. > > > > In the hope of getting help. > > > > Torbjorn > > After you log into your account, in the shell, type -> startx > > that should bring up X
Not if it isn't installed, which sounds like it is the case. # apt-get install x-window-system-core xterm blackbox (or some other WM if blackbox doesn't take your fancy :-) ) -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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