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Old 03-19-2006, 04:30 PM   #1
Linkhiei
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Debian Boot

I dunno if its supposed to but my Debian that i just installed boots up in a text terminal black screen with white letters without GUI. Does anyone know how to get it into GUI from there?
 
Old 03-19-2006, 04:35 PM   #2
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Log in, and try the command `startx`.
 
Old 03-19-2006, 05:03 PM   #3
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that didnt work for me it said the command was unknown
 
Old 03-19-2006, 05:07 PM   #4
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Which probably means that you haven't installed any GUI.
 
Old 03-19-2006, 05:25 PM   #5
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I don't think Debian installs a GUI by default. You'll need to do apt-get install [whichever GUI you want]
 
Old 03-19-2006, 05:42 PM   #6
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do u know what the apt get command is for a gnome gui and a kde gui?
 
  


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