GUI?

[COKE CAN]

Yes, I'm a noob. I just installed Debian 3.1 on my laptop. I'm at a text mode interface, I would like to be in a GUI.

startx

This doesn't work. Help?

[genesus]

if you did not click to select to install the xwindowssystem then its not installed. When I installed on my laptop I did not even get the option for some reason. Here's how to fix it, for easy gui.

1) Login as root
2) apt-get install x-windows-system
3) apt-get install gdm
4) apt-get install gnome

there will be an occaisional graphical ncurses interface asking you config questions...if anything doesn't get setup properly we can address that later.
Upon reboot you will be graphical, if you don't want to reboot you can type:

/etc/init.d/gdm start

you may have to ctl-alt-f7 to get to the xserver, or it may be automatic, or you could just reboot...

tell us how it goes.

[COKE CAN]

if you did not click to select to install the xwindowssystem then its not installed. When I installed on my laptop I did not even get the option for some reason. Here's how to fix it, for easy gui.

1) Login as root
2) apt-get install x-windows-system
3) apt-get install gdm
4) apt-get install gnome

there will be an occaisional graphical ncurses interface asking you config questions...if anything doesn't get setup properly we can address that later.
Upon reboot you will be graphical, if you don't want to reboot you can type:

/etc/init.d/gdm start

you may have to ctl-alt-f7 to get to the xserver, or it may be automatic, or you could just reboot...

tell us how it goes.

hehe, I reinstalled it. It was such a quick install, I think I forgot to install everything. We'll see if it works this time. Thanks, I'll let you know1