i installed debian sarge via net-install and ran apt-get install gnome to get gnome on my pc... well it took about half an houre to install, but when i boot, debian keeps running in console mode and i have no idea how to fix this

any help is really appreciated

Did you run "apt-get install gdm"? If you install a display manager (gdm, kdm, or xdm), it will open a graphical login.

hum.. no. I'll try that, console mode only is awfull

well i tried but it still does not work, it says it could not start the X something because it's not configuired correctly..
and stays in console mode
when i type gdm it says allready running, so it must be a issue with gnome configuration, but no idea how to fix it :/

It sounds like x-windows needs to be configured. You can run "xf86config" as root and follow the step by step guide here: http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/...?postid=313121 I know the guide says Slackware, but it works the same in Debian.

i configuired it according to the manual, but still get this error. when debian asks me to look up the error msg it displays me just an empty window in style of the installation windows. when i configuire xf86config and try to start startx it says error: file or directory not found :/

"gnome" is not the package you want, you need "gnome-desktop-environment". This package provides the necessary packages to run gnome, and plenty of useful apps, including the gnome control center. Also, in my experience, running xf86config is a bad idea, what you should run is "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86". After you install gnome-desktop-environment, you will probably also want synaptic, since this can make finding other packages you need (e.g. open-office.org, galeon, etc.) easier.

Note: The reason you're having this problem is probably because gnome is not dependent on "xbase-clients" which is required to see the X server display.

P.S. If X11 fails to start and it looks like a config problem, try "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86", if that doesn't work, try "apt-get install xdebconfigurator" and then "xdebconfigurator".

Can you get us the error log messages you get when you try to start X ?

from: /var/log/syslog (the end section) or /var/log/XFree86.log

I had the same problem a few weeks ago when I upgraded from Woody to Sarge and, consequently, upgranding the Desktop environment.

You have to make sure that you have installed ALL the components / progs / and files that GNOME needs - make sure there are no dependencies lying around or not fully installed / configured and, of course, you must have one of the desktop managers ( gdm - xdm - kdm ).

It sounds like is a plain simple config problem - specifically what can cause this is either the Graphics card or the Mouse ( yeah - the mouse is a device complicated enough to prevent from the X window to loading"! ).

It also seemed to me that when in older desktop environments ( KDE - GNOME from Woody ) you could get away with a 'half-OK-configured' desktop by in newer versions you HAVE TO HAVE a spotless configuration.

So try those steps and see what happens......


Max
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it now works, i didn't perform the necessary apt-get install x-window-system
stupid me


and thx for the help to you

That's weird, I don't have x-window-system installed, and Gnome runs fine.

The x-window-system package installs all the xfree86 stuff, and you have to have xfree86 installed to run gnome. I think you can install "xfree86-common" and acheive the same thing as installing "x-window-system"

I do have xfree86-common installed, I think I actually may have removed x-window-system when I removed xdm.