I downloaded Debian Sarge and tried to install it. The installation went fine. But I think i missed to select the "Desktop" option during installation. If I enter "startx" command i encounter errors. I thought Xfree86 was not installed. so I tried 'apt-get install x-windows-system'. I found this in the Internet. But still "startx"
# apt-get install gdm This ought to get your GUI ready, however if it throws some funny error like ``This package is referred to by another" or ``this package has no installation candidate" go to the Debian site and do a search for that package, you'll see all of its dependencies neatly shown towards the end of the page. Then # apt-get install YOUR_PACKAGE_NAME You generally follow this for all packages you wish to install. wouldnt work. I am trying to figure that out.
But I have a question. When I first installed Sarge. I could see a X11 folder in /etc. Why was this folder created if X was not installed initially? Is it created by default?
i guess it did not install all of the stuff needed to get X up. Regards, - vihan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
