Re: GUI and USB question

2006-12-30 Thread Nigel Henry
On Saturday 30 December 2006 19:12, Mark Grieveson wrote: > > 1st question is, how do I start the GUI (KDE, Gnome, whatever) that I > > assume is bundled with the distro? > > Sometimes, following the initial install, a user needs to log in, and then > enter the command "startx" to get the gui going

Re: GUI and USB question

2006-12-30 Thread Samuel Bächler
Hi Keath Unfortunatly I can not help on every topic you mentioned. 1st question is, how do I start the GUI (KDE, Gnome, whatever) that I assume is bundled with the distro? Well, as far as I know you have to install these things first. Type *dpkg -l kde-core* or generally *dpkg -l package* t

Re: GUI and USB question

2006-12-30 Thread Mark Grieveson
> 1st question is, how do I start the GUI (KDE, Gnome, whatever) that I > assume is bundled with the distro? Sometimes, following the initial install, a user needs to log in, and then enter the command "startx" to get the gui going. Afterward, gdm (gnome display manager) should just work on it'

Re: GUI and USB question

2006-12-30 Thread Linas Žvirblis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Keith Willis wrote: > I've completed my install of Debian v3.1r4 "sarge", from the > downloaded DVD images. I reboot, and I'm at the familiar CLI login > prompt. First of all, I should note that "Sarge" is a bit dated. The next release codenamed "Et

GUI and USB question

2006-12-30 Thread Keith Willis
Hello, Right, although I have quite a bit of experience as a Un*x software developer, I am a total newb to GNU/Linux and sysadmin stuff in general, so please bear with me. I've completed my install of Debian v3.1r4 "sarge", from the downloaded DVD images. I reboot, and I'm at the familiar CLI l