GUI fails to start
Help! After the setup process for Lenny, the system reboots to start the new installation but the GUI does not come up. The screen remains blank. I checked the option for Desktop in the set up process. Everything seems to go smoothly until the GUI should come up. I am starting from a net-install CD I downloaded and burned. Am I doing something wrong or is it my disk copy? Thank you, Nathan B Martin
Re: GUI fails to start
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Nathan Martin nbre...@hotmail.com wrote: Help! After the setup process for Lenny, the system reboots to start the new installation but the GUI does not come up. The screen remains blank. I checked the option for “Desktop” in the set up process. Everything seems to go smoothly until the GUI should come up. I am starting from a “net-install” CD I downloaded and burned. Am I doing something wrong or is it my disk copy? You're not offerring too many details to work with. Have you tried another disk? What are you expecting (i.e., what wm/de)? Is your video card supported? Has it worked before with debian? Can you get back to the console and check you xorg log for error messages? Did you follow the installation instructions found on the debian website? Have you looked at any documentation? Basically, what have you done? -Neal Thank you, Nathan B Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimjkklbbl9-ej9w-q5ssqqb6e5mjnqqsyqyf...@mail.gmail.com
Re: GUI fails to start
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 02:04:24PM -0500, Nathan Martin wrote: Help! After the setup process for Lenny, the system reboots to start the new installation but the GUI does not come up. The screen remains blank. I checked the option for Desktop in the set up process. Everything seems to go smoothly until the GUI should come up. I am starting from a net-install CD I downloaded and burned. Am I doing something wrong or is it my disk copy? most likely, it's an issue with the X system not properly starting the gui session. Try switching over to a virtual terminal (via Ctrl-Alt-F1) and logging into the command line. You can then debug from there. A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
