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 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 by now :-) If I

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

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 --

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 edua...@kalinowski.com.br 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

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, and

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 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, and

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 startx

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 noela...@gmail.com 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

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 16:15, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com 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

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 wait a long

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 debian-li...@florian-kulzer.eu 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

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 kjetil1...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:14, Florian Kulzer debian-li...@florian-kulzer.eu wrote: On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 16:03:28 +, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: [...] I had done apt-get install

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: Finally, I am

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 kjetil1...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 15:14, Florian Kulzer debian-li...@florian-kulzer.eu wrote: On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 16:03:28 +, Kjetil

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 noela...@gmail.com 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

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 or at least

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 noela...@gmail.com 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

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 perhaps running

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, it's

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 noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:31:56 -0300, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: On Fri, Nov

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

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

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

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

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 not the

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..) 2. Type

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 executable

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, neither for an

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

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 your

RE: How to start Gnome

2000-05-28 Thread Jay Kelly
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'? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s

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 at boot

1999-05-17 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 window