Debian installed. Need some guideline on moving forward :)

davidas · 04-03-2004, 07:49 PM

I've installed Debian Woody via Network and have done

- apt-get update
- apt-get upgrade
- apt-get dist-upgrade

Afterwhich I change the stable in the source list to sarge and did another round of

- apt-get update
- apt-get upgrade
- apt-get dist-upgrade

Thinking of trying out fluxbox and enlightenment.

a) So I install "apt-get install fluxbox". If I install (which I have not)enlightenment, how can I configure my default wm from commandline? I tried looking through the various X configuration files under /etc/X11, but nothing was mentioned about fluxbox, except in the fluxbox directory. So, how does xserver know which wm(fluxbox currently) to load?

Currently, I'm using LILO. I intend to change to GRUB. How should I go about changing it?

b) So far, I have install GRUB with "apt-get install grub". But when I reboot the system, it is still been loaded by LILO. What did I miss out?

Thank you !

irish_rover · 04-03-2004, 08:32 PM

Do you intend to start X manually or automatically? Using xdm, gdm, kdm, or no graphical login?

If you are doing it manually with startx, create a file in your home directory named .xsession and put in something like:

#!/bin/bash
exec /etc/X11/Xsession /usr/bin/fluxbox

davidas · 04-04-2004, 03:02 AM

Thanks for the reply.

How do I have a graphical login? What's the difference between xdm, gdm and kdm?

Anyone know about getting GRUB to work with Debian after doing a "apt-get install grub" ?

Thanks !

Quote:

Originally posted by irish_rover
Do you intend to start X manually or automatically? Using xdm, gdm, kdm, or no graphical login?

If you are doing it manually with startx, create a file in your home directory named .xsession and put in something like:

#!/bin/bash
exec /etc/X11/Xsession /usr/bin/fluxbox

irish_rover · 04-04-2004, 08:25 AM

GDM is gnome display manager, KDM is the KDE display manager, and xdm is the builtin in X Display Manger. I personally prefer gdm, apt-get install gdm if you want to use it.

If you do a quick search on google.com/linux for "grub how to" you'll probably find plenty of info.

davidas · 04-04-2004, 10:21 AM

Following the instruction in the HOWTO GRUB, I have done the following:

apt-get install grub
grub-install /dev/hda (only C: drive)
update-grub

However, when I reboot, the system still startup via LILO.
What other steps should I carry out to enable boot via GRUB?

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally posted by irish_rover
GDM is gnome display manager, KDM is the KDE display manager, and xdm is the builtin in X Display Manger. I personally prefer gdm, apt-get install gdm if you want to use it.

If you do a quick search on google.com/linux for "grub how to" you'll probably find plenty of info.

irish_rover · 04-04-2004, 11:53 AM

Did you install lilo to the MBR?
I'm guessing that if you did then you just need to overwrite the lilo created mbr with grub.

I don't use grub, but this looks like it might be able to help.
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...nstalling.html

xcity · 04-04-2004, 07:38 PM

you may remove lilo first, then try grub-install /dev/hda