Finally got gnome running. The vmware driver needed to have no default depth chosen. I then got the following error when starting gnome: oafiid:gnome_Settingsdaemon had to restart too many times or something like that. I re-did apt-get install gnome-core and now only the screensaver isn't working.
Robert Tillsley Network Administrator St Vincent's College www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Tillsley > Sent: Tuesday, 14 September 2004 8:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SLUG] Debian sarge on vmware > > > Oops, yep, that was it. Very silly of me. > > Cheers > > Robert Tillsley > > Network Administrator > St Vincent's College > www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ryan Tsai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, 13 September 2004 11:07 AM > > To: Robert Tillsley > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Debian sarge on vmware > > > > > > is xserver-xfree86 installed? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robert Tillsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 10:17 AM > > Subject: [SLUG] Debian sarge on vmware > > > > > > > I've got a test server setup in vmware running sarge (2.6 kernel). > > > > > > I've got two problems that I'm having trouble resolving: > > > > > > The first is that I can't get X working. Yes I know X on a server > > > shouldn't be necessary on a server, but I'm playing with > > vmware. The > > > error I get is: > > > > > > GDM: Xserver not found: /usr/X11R6/bin/X : -audit 0 auth > > > /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 > > > Error: Command could not be executed! > > > Please install the X server or edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf to > > point to the > > > right place. > > > > > > Now I installed xfree68, but there is no X in that folder. > > Can anyone > > > give me an idea of where to start troubleshooting? > > > > > > The other thing was in regard to installing the vmware > > tools. The menu > > > which is meant to do it, doesn't work (I think its because its not > > > designed to work with debian). Its asks if you want to and then > > > doesn't provide any feedback as to its lack of success. In > > the bottom > > > left of the vmware screen is says as it did before the > attempt that > > > the vmware tools aren't installed. Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Robert Tillsley > > > > > > Network Administrator > > > St Vincent's College > > > www.stvincents.nsw.edu.au > > > > > > -- > > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
