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Debian Sarge - NetInstall - no desktop, just console
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| [Caution: newbie ahead]
I just did a netinstall of debian sarge. Went hitchless...well, except
it _only_ boots to console log-in.
I have a feeling I might have screwed up the part in the installation
where it asked for the type of install, one option including "desktop
environment". I remember not figuring out exactly which keystrokes to
make this selection or how scroll through all the options. I just hit
'Enter' and the installation proceeded, fine, with whatever the default
selection was.
If it's that simple, then no prob for me to re-install the whole thing,
make the right input selection. It didn't take too long.
Would the basic netinstall include a gnome or kde desktop environment
in its packages? If so, what command would I invoke at the console to
launch it? Or, do I just apt-get the desktop program from one of the
repositories.
Is this the wrong question?
Thanks for any tips!
Bob
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| kegwasher 2006-08-12, 1:12 pm |
| rib wrote:
> [Caution: newbie ahead]
>
> I just did a netinstall of debian sarge. Went hitchless...well, except
> it _only_ boots to console log-in.
>
> I have a feeling I might have screwed up the part in the installation
> where it asked for the type of install, one option including "desktop
> environment". I remember not figuring out exactly which keystrokes to
> make this selection or how scroll through all the options. I just hit
> 'Enter' and the installation proceeded, fine, with whatever the default
> selection was.
>
As I recall the space bar is used to select the packages during netinstall.
> If it's that simple, then no prob for me to re-install the whole thing,
> make the right input selection. It didn't take too long.
>
> Would the basic netinstall include a gnome or kde desktop environment
> in its packages? If so, what command would I invoke at the console to
> launch it? Or, do I just apt-get the desktop program from one of the
> repositories.
Apt-get install kde or gnome should get you on the way.
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> Is this the wrong question?
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> Thanks for any tips!
>
> Bob
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| Mumia W. 2006-08-12, 1:12 pm |
| On 08/12/2006 09:23 AM, rib wrote:
> [Caution: newbie ahead]
>
> I just did a netinstall of debian sarge. Went hitchless...well, except
> it _only_ boots to console log-in.
>
> I have a feeling I might have screwed up the part in the installation
> where it asked for the type of install, one option including "desktop
> environment". I remember not figuring out exactly which keystrokes to
> make this selection or how scroll through all the options. I just hit
> 'Enter' and the installation proceeded, fine, with whatever the default
> selection was.
>
> If it's that simple, then no prob for me to re-install the whole thing,
> make the right input selection. It didn't take too long.
>
> Would the basic netinstall include a gnome or kde desktop environment
> in its packages?
Probably not.
> If so, what command would I invoke at the console to
> launch it?
Go into aptitude, go into Tasks and install the "Desktop
Environment.'
> Or, do I just apt-get the desktop program from one of the
> repositories.
>
> Is this the wrong question?
>
> Thanks for any tips!
>
> Bob
>
You're welcome.
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| Murnia & Kegwasher, thanks for the tips.
rib
Mumia W. wrote:
> On 08/12/2006 09:23 AM, rib wrote:
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> Probably not.
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> Go into aptitude, go into Tasks and install the "Desktop
> Environment.'
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> You're welcome.
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| Sam Miller 2006-08-18, 7:12 pm |
| On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 07:23:16 -0700, rib wrote:
> [Caution: newbie ahead]
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> I just did a netinstall of debian sarge. Went hitchless...well, except
> it _only_ boots to console log-in.
>
> I have a feeling I might have screwed up the part in the installation
> where it asked for the type of install, one option including "desktop
> environment". I remember not figuring out exactly which keystrokes to
> make this selection or how scroll through all the options. I just hit
> 'Enter' and the installation proceeded, fine, with whatever the default
> selection was.
>
> If it's that simple, then no prob for me to re-install the whole thing,
> make the right input selection. It didn't take too long.
>
> Would the basic netinstall include a gnome or kde desktop environment
> in its packages? If so, what command would I invoke at the console to
> launch it? Or, do I just apt-get the desktop program from one of the
> repositories.
Plus if you need Xwindows, then apt-get xorg. I had the same situation the
other day as Debian doesn't like Pppoe. So I booted into a console the
first time. Simply apt-getting gnome plus xorg solved the problem.
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