Linux Debian support - No GUI after the install?

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No GUI after the install?

***** charles

2006-09-17, 7:15 pm

Hi all,

I just did a Debian install of the network based ISO.
I got the machine to connect to the Internet and did
several apt-get commands. I also did an apt-get
install gnome. After that I typed in "startx" and
nothing happened. I would like to setup the machine
to boot to the command line and then when I want
to go into gnome and run firefox, to be able to do
that. What am I missing that I haven't done to get
gnome/firefox installed and running?

thanks,
charles.....

Andreas Janssen

2006-09-17, 7:15 pm

Hello

***** charles (<someone@out-there.com> ) wrote:

> I just did a Debian install of the network based ISO.
> I got the machine to connect to the Internet and did
> several apt-get commands. I also did an apt-get
> install gnome. After that I typed in "startx" and
> nothing happened. I would like to setup the machine
> to boot to the command line and then when I want
> to go into gnome and run firefox, to be able to do
> that. What am I missing that I haven't done to get
> gnome/firefox installed and running?

Install gdm and x-window-system-core. After that, the Gnome login
manager gdm should be startet automatically at the end of the booting
process. If it doesn't, your XFree is probably misconfigured. Take a
look at the X log (/var/log/XFree86.0.log), and run

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

if necessary.

regards
Andreas Janssen

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Michael C.

2006-09-18, 1:13 am

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:14:35 +0200,
Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> ***** charles (<someone@out-there.com> ) wrote:
>
>
> Install gdm and x-window-system-core. After that, the Gnome login

Why would he want to install gdm?

> manager gdm should be startet automatically at the end of the booting
> process. If it doesn't, your XFree is probably misconfigured. Take a
> look at the X log (/var/log/XFree86.0.log), and run
>
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
>
> if necessary.

Michael C.
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***** charles

2006-09-18, 7:14 am

"Andreas Janssen" <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>
wrote in message news

ab2$jt6$1@news1.ewetel.de...
> Hello
>
> ***** charles (<someone@out-there.com> ) wrote:
>
>
> Install gdm and x-window-system-core. After that, the Gnome login
> manager gdm should be startet automatically at the end of the booting
> process. If it doesn't, your XFree is probably misconfigured. Take a
> look at the X log (/var/log/XFree86.0.log), and run
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> if necessary.

I seem to remember that to change from a graphical logon to
a command line logon one has to change init from 5 to 3 in
some file that controls the booting process. Would you
happen to remember the filename that I have to change to
do that in Debian?

charles.....

> regards
> Andreas Janssen
>
> --
> Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>
> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270
> Registered Linux User #267976
> http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html

Bill Marcum

2006-09-18, 1:13 pm

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:18:41 GMT, ***** charles
<someone@out-there.com> wrote:
>
> I seem to remember that to change from a graphical logon to
> a command line logon one has to change init from 5 to 3 in
> some file that controls the booting process. Would you
> happen to remember the filename that I have to change to
> do that in Debian?
>
Debian doesn't work that way unless you change the links in /etc/rc*.d.
The easier way is, if you don't want a graphical login, you don't
install one.

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Mumia W. (reading news)

2006-09-18, 1:13 pm

On 09/18/2006 01:18 AM, ***** charles wrote:
>
> I seem to remember that to change from a graphical logon to
> a command line logon one has to change init from 5 to 3 in
> some file that controls the booting process. Would you
> happen to remember the filename that I have to change to
> do that in Debian?
>
> charles.....
>

Install (if you haven't already) the Debian reference
(debian-reference-en) and read the part (section 2.4.3) where it talks
about customizing the runlevels.

By default, runlevels 2-5 are the same in Debian, but you can change it
so that X doesn't start in runlevel 3 (if that's what you want).

Read the Debian Reference and "man update-rc.d"

E.g. (read the docs before executing!)
update-rc.d -f gdm remove
update-rc.d gdm start 2 4 5 . stop 0 1 3 6 .

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AJackson

2006-09-18, 7:17 pm

Bill Marcum wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:18:41 GMT, ***** charles
> <someone@out-there.com> wrote:

This is a left over from Red Hat et al.
[vbcol=seagreen]
> Debian doesn't work that way unless you change the links in /etc/rc*.d.
> The easier way is, if you don't want a graphical login, you don't
> install one.

or start and stop servives when needed, by running copmmands as root
(or better with sudo):
sudo invoke-rc.d gdm stop
and
sudo invoke-rc.d gdm start
to stop or start Gnome Display Manager (if you us it, there is also xdm
and kdm for athena- and KDE-versions).

This works with any service running on the computer, like CUPS or
Apache.

Good luck

***** charles

2006-09-19, 1:14 pm

"AJackson" <anders.jackson@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1158622647.650392.292000@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Bill Marcum wrote:
>
> This is a left over from Red Hat et al.
>
>
> or start and stop servives when needed, by running copmmands as root
> (or better with sudo):
> sudo invoke-rc.d gdm stop
> and
> sudo invoke-rc.d gdm start
> to stop or start Gnome Display Manager (if you us it, there is also xdm
> and kdm for athena- and KDE-versions).
>
> This works with any service running on the computer, like CUPS or
> Apache.
>
> Good luck

The reason for this line of inquiry is that the computer in question
will be mostly used as a server and I wouldn't want the gui to run
when I am not browsing the Internet with it. So I want to install
it and just run it when needed.

thanks for all the responses,
charles.....