RE: Unable to run kde or gnome

2012-11-21 Thread Martin, Larry D
@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Unable to run kde or gnome On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 10:08:18AM -0500, Martin, Larry D wrote: > Any idea why startx will not run. If I run it as root I get all the > messages I posted earlier and if I run it as a user I get that I am not > authorized. > > When I

Re: Unable to run kde or gnome

2012-11-21 Thread Philipp Kern
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 10:08:18AM -0500, Martin, Larry D wrote: > Any idea why startx will not run. If I run it as root I get all the messages > I posted earlier and if I run it as a user I get that I am not authorized. > > When I type gdm3 all I get is repeated messages about the display runnin

Re: Unable to run kde or gnome

2012-11-21 Thread Philipp Kern
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:12:00AM -0500, Martin, Larry D wrote: > I have logged on through Putty from my desktop. Are you saying that because > Debian is running on the Mainframe there is no graphical interface available? No Linux system supports startx over putty. You can install GNOME or KDE a

Re: Unable to run kde or gnome

2012-11-21 Thread Philipp Kern
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 02:12:36PM -0500, Martin, Larry D wrote: > I have installed Debian (2.6.32-5-s390x Sun Sep 23 08:59:07 UTC 2012) on a z9 > - LPAR mode. > I can login but cannot get either gnome or kde to work. Whenever I issue > startx, I get: > xf860OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (N

Re: Unable to run kde or gnome

2012-11-21 Thread Martin, Larry D
I had a suggestion to run vncserver and I can try that (once I figure out how). What I really want to know is how to fix the 'startx' so that it works. I think I need to update the config file, but with what? When I type startx I get the following: X.Org X Server 1.7.7 Release Date: 2010-05-0

Unable to run kde or gnome

2012-11-20 Thread Martin, Larry D
I have installed Debian (2.6.32-5-s390x Sun Sep 23 08:59:07 UTC 2012) on a z9 - LPAR mode. I can login but cannot get either gnome or kde to work. Whenever I issue startx, I get: xf860OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory). I have tried to research this via Google but