Check if your local interface (lo) is mounted at boot in (/etc/network/interfaces) ;-)
Tristan. Le Samedi 29 Octobre 2005 09:59, Theo Schmidt a écrit : > Emil-Valentin Toma schrieb: > > Hi, I'm new in using debian pure. > > > > After first install, install also kde, reboot, the > > login window appears but after few second kde doesn't > > start but come back in login window. > > ... > > I had similar difficulties with three Sarge installations. The default > is Gnome and gdm. It is possible to select software during installation > with the program aptitude, but this is a dangerous program with a not > very intuitive pseudo-GUI unsuitable for newcomers, so it is easy to > foul things up at this stage. I suggest doing a complete new install of > full graphical destop system not selecting anything with aptitude. You > should then eventually get a graphical login screen (called gdm). This > will start Gnome by default but it should be possible to select KDE as > well. > > An easier alternative is to install KDE-Debian is from Knoppix. First > start the Knoppix Live-CD or Live-DVD, e.g. Version 4.0. Then you can > invoke the knoppix-installer (I believe it is called just that) from the > root shell and select the Debian installation. You could also use the > live-CD for a while as it is and create a permanent home on hard disk, > which will not only hold data but also configurations and installed > software. A system called union file system merges the files from home > and from the CD. When everything is to your liking, you can then start > the installation onto hard disk and all the changes will be > incorporated. This is a quite unique and splendid way of installing. > There is no difficulty if you have the required partitions and know > where they are and do not have a complicated multiboot-system with > various systems on various disks. > > However with Debian from Knoppix you will then have many programs from > the unstable (Sid) fork of Debian, and some from testing (Etch), so you > will eventually get problems, especially with KDE, if you start to > install or uninstall things without paying great attention. Installing > software can be done with kpackage, but IMHO synaptic is easier to use. > Synaptic will relatively clearly warn you before removing KDE > completely, which is often a result of trying to install, remove or > update a single program in KDE. Knoppix uses standard Debian packages > for most things. > > A further alternative is to install Kubuntu, which will give you a well > configured KDE Debian-based system, but Kubuntu is not Debian and I'm > not sure if it can be easily turned into a pure Debian. > > Theo Schmidt