hello !!
i am a newbie and i want to install xubuntu alternate on an old computer (500MHz 320Mo ram) : install seems ok but there is no gui loaded . I only have to login in a black screen and when i’m logged in , i don’t know what to do ...
when i type startx -> command not found
when i type startxfce4 -> command not found
when i type sudo apt-get install xfce4 -> it doens’t find anything ??
when i type sudo apt-get install gdm -> neither keyboard nor mouse work in gdm ??
i chose linux generic kernel when installing on a 4 GB ext2 partition ...
well i give up if no one can help me ...

You could get a full distro on that spec PC.

Any chance of some additional information? Do you know what graphics card the machine has?

hello..
i don't know what kind of graphic card the pc has but sure it is 9 years old..
do you think Xubuntu can't recognize the card?
should i try Debian instead?
thanks..

If you installed from the alternate CD, you may have skipped the gui.

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That should get you going.

hello..
well, i don't know if i skipped gui .. i remember i took expert mode to keep control on installing grub in the linux partition for multiboot ..
i 'll try sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop later because the machine is at my parents's home..
i will tell if it works
thank you !

hello ,
i have installed xubuntu and i have skipped gui because software install has failed (i don't know why ..)
i have installed gui with : sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
it has worked fine !!
thanks !!