Re: how to start gnome from the command line

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Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-18 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 12/11/10 Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen said: > How do I start gnome from the command line (and how configure debian to start > it automatically on boot? msoul...@anton:~$ cat .xsession #!/bin/sh exec /usr/bin/gnome-session Personally I prefer this method, it allows me to more easily customize

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-13 Thread Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen
see below. On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:18, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: >  Please don't top post. > > On 11/13/2010 01:00 PM, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: >> >> As you can see from above, the package >> libgtk2-perl >> do not seem to exist (I have tried three mirrors, multiple times). > > Did

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-13 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Please don't top post. On 11/13/2010 01:00 PM, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: As you can see from above, the package libgtk2-perl do not seem to exist (I have tried three mirrors, multiple times). Did you run apt-get update first? -- Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br -- To

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-13 Thread Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen
OK, thanks all! Now it functions more or less , but despite saying apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment (multiple times), it still do not get installed. (But with apt-get --fix-missings install gnome-desktop-environment at least most of its dependencies got installed.) Here is what is happeni

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-13 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:45:21 -0300, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 18:01, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> Uh? Only that? :-? >> >> IIRC, "gnome-desktop-environment" and "gnome-core" should be also >> installed. >> >> If the above both packages are not installed, get them b

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Mark Allums
On 11/12/2010 9:19 PM, teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net wrote: You know; I know this is an unenlightened response, but sometimes it's easier than de bugging. I would apt-get purge the gnome packages you have installed (purge removes config files too) and then apt-get install the gnome-core package

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread teddieeb
You know; I know this is an unenlightened response, but sometimes it's easier than de bugging. I would apt-get purge the gnome packages you have installed (purge removes config files too) and then apt-get install the gnome-core package mentioned earlier; which should install and config x as we

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen
If I do apt-get install gnome-core and then dpkg --list | grep "gnome-" then gnome-core is NOT included in the list. ¿What is happening? Kjetil On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 18:01, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:31:56 -0300, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 12 nov 10, 11:53:45, Kevin Ross wrote: > > The gnome environment is launched by running gnome-session. This is > done for you automatically if you're using GDM. If you're using > startx, then you need to add "gnome-session" to your .xinitrc file > (or is it .xsession? I can't remember, i

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Camaleón wrote: > Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > >> "dpkg -l | grep "gnome-" > > Here is the output: > > Uh? Only that? :-? > IIRC, "gnome-desktop-environment" and "gnome-core" should be also installed. > If the above both packages are not installed, get them by now :-) I am thinking that p

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen
see below. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 18:01, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:31:56 -0300, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 16:37, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:26:57 -0300, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:49,

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:31:56 -0300, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 16:37, Camaleón wrote: >> On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:26:57 -0300, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:49, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: >> > Did you install xorg o

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen
see below. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 16:37, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:26:57 -0300, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:49, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > Did you install xorg or at least xinit? This is not necessarily done >>> >>> did not do

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Kevin Ross
On 11/12/2010 11:26 AM, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: below ... On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:49, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:14, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 16:03:28 +, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: [...] I had done apt-get

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:26:57 -0300, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:49, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: >>> Did you install xorg or at least xinit? This is not necessarily done >> >> did not do that! >> next ... >> kjetil > > Did so. The situation now is: Final

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen
below ... On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:49, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:14, Florian Kulzer > wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 16:03:28 +, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> I had done >>> apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment >>> >>> t

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:14, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 16:03:28 +, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > > [...] > >> I had done >> apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment >> >> then >> startx >> gives an error along the lines of : "startx: unknown command." >> >> Now

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 16:03:28 +, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: [...] > 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 >

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen
see below ... On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 16:15, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:03:28 +, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:20, Camaleón wrote: > >>> What error did you get? Maybe a problem with your VGA card? >> >> I had done >> apt-get install gnome-des

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:03:28 +, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:20, Camaleón wrote: >> 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

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen
see below. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:20, Camaleón 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 bootin

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Camaleón
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 sta

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Dirk Neumann
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 > sta

Re: how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Amar Cosic
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen < kjetil1...@gmail.com> 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, a

how to start gnome from the command line

2010-11-12 Thread Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen
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. How do I start gnome from the command line (and how configure de

Re: how to start gnome

2000-06-30 Thread Francesco Bochicchio
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:29:19 Nick wrote: > i loaded gnome a long time ago and forgot how to start it > > i have tried > gnome-sessionand not luck > gnome-session is correct, but the first time you should create the session ( ASAIK gnome-session just allows to save the program started in a se

Re: how to start gnome

2000-06-29 Thread Mike Thompson
startx gnome-session or edit ~.xinitrc and add gnome-session On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 02:29:19PM -0700, Nick wrote: > i loaded gnome a long time ago and forgot how to start it > > i have tried > gnome-sessionand not luck

how to start gnome

2000-06-29 Thread Nick
i loaded gnome a long time ago and forgot how to start it i have tried gnome-sessionand not luck

Re: How to start Gnome

2000-06-06 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "MH" == MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MH> " Not my understanding... It's an executable script like MH> " /etc/X11/Xsession. Try chmod -x .xsession for yourself. MH> " Then see if what you put in .xsession gets used. MH> It's getting used anyway... MH> But that's no

Re: How to start Gnome

2000-05-29 Thread MH
Hi Eric! " Not my understanding... It's an executable script like " /etc/X11/Xsession. Try chmod -x .xsession for yourself. " Then see if what you put in .xsession gets used. It's getting used anyway... But that's not the interesting point (it seems /etc/X11/Xsession deals with both possibil

Re: How to start Gnome

2000-05-29 Thread Pollywog
I believe .xsession must be executable, though .xinitrc does not need to be executable. -- Andrew On Mon, 29 May 2000, MH wrote: > > Hi Eric! > > \begin{pedantic} > Just a question about ".xsession": Isn't it a "rc"-file like ".xinitrc", > and therefore there is no need for a shell-script, nei

Re: How to start Gnome

2000-05-29 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 10:48:49AM +0200, MH wrote: > Hi Eric! > > \begin{pedantic} > Just a question about ".xsession": Isn't it a "rc"-file like ".xinitrc", > and therefore there is no need for a shell-script, neither for an > executable-bit? > \end{pedantic} Not my understanding... It's an e

Re: How to start Gnome

2000-05-29 Thread MH
Hi Eric! \begin{pedantic} Just a question about ".xsession": Isn't it a "rc"-file like ".xinitrc", and therefore there is no need for a shell-script, neither for an executable-bit? \end{pedantic} bye, MH " Procedure: " " 1. Open a text editor (ae, joe, jed, pico, vi, vim, emacs, others..) "

Re: How to start Gnome

2000-05-28 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 05:33:59PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > Ok I still trying to locate the file needed to change so I can start Gnome > from the console. In you email you said /.xinitrc. What the path to that > file. I did a locate .xinitrc and could find it. Have any idea's? It doesn't exist by

RE: How to start Gnome

2000-05-28 Thread Jay Kelly
Of MH Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 3:44 PM To: Jay Kelly Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: How to start Gnome -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 " What will I need to put in /etc/X11/window-managers or ~/.xinitrc " to load gnome when I use 'startx'? "

Re: How to start Gnome

2000-05-28 Thread MH
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 " What will I need to put in /etc/X11/window-managers or ~/.xinitrc " to load gnome when I use 'startx'? " " " -- " Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null " " A simple approach would be to put "exec gnome-session" in you

How to start Gnome

2000-05-28 Thread Jay Kelly
What will I need to put in /etc/X11/window-managers or ~/.xinitrc to load gnome when I use 'startx'?

Re: How to Start Gnome at boot

1999-05-16 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "JF" == John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JF> I seem to remember seeing somewhere (and I can't find it now) a JF> reference to starting the Gnome-session command with the xdm JF> display manager at boot up. Check http://www.gnome.org/gnomefaq/html/x441.html you can then specify your win

How to Start Gnome at boot

1999-05-16 Thread John Foster
I seem to remember seeing somewhere (and I can't find it now) a reference to starting the Gnome-session command with the xdm display manager at boot up. I want to start Gnome in the IceGnome window manager and possibly with Enlightenment. I need to know which files to edit specifically and the exac