X -window how can I start it?

2004-03-31 Thread Torbjörn Schultz
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

Re: X -window how can I start it?

2004-03-31 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:09:44 +0200 Torbjörn 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

Re: X -window how can I start it?

2004-03-31 Thread Rajesh Menon
hi. if you installed just the base system, then you will need the x-window-system package - apt-get it. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l | grep x-window ii x-window-syste 4.3.0-5X Window System core components thats what you'll need to startx. On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, [iso-8859-1] Torbjörn

Re: X -window how can I start it?

2004-03-31 Thread Tom Chance
On Wednesday 31 Mar 2004 16:09, Torbjörn Schultz 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

Re: X -window how can I start it?

2004-03-31 Thread Kent West
Torbjörn Schultz wrote: I am a real beginner. I have successfully, I hope, installed debian, just the base installation nothing more. Which means you don't have the X Window System installed. I am getting the two pormpts as user and root and the commands work etc. But I cant start X windows, I

Re: X -window how can I start it?

2004-03-31 Thread Pigeon
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

Re: X -window how can I start it?

2004-03-31 Thread Edgardo Vazquez
Torbjörn Schultz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hallo I am a real beginner. I have successfully, I hope, installed debian, just the base installation nothing more. I am getting