Running Gnome in Debian

**D_underscore** · 11-26-2005

I installed my first ever REAL linux disto, debian.

as a windoes user, i felt that i needed a gui, so i decided to try gnome.

im still pretty clueless to most things linux, but i used apt get to install gnome and gnome-core. and now i have no idea how to run it. startx gives me a command not found error, do i need to install other packages or edit some things to make this work?

this is a BRAND NEW debian install, if that helps, the only things ive done is apt-get install gnome and apt-get install gnome-core.

please help thedreamstate get out of this without going back to windoes!

**onlinebacon** · 11-26-2005

you also need to do apt-get install x-window-system

**D_underscore** · 11-26-2005

lolz oops.

**D_underscore** · 11-26-2005

ok this is awsome. one lil problem ( so far ) , i set the relolution way to big, hows would i go about changing it? the only resoultions i see are 800x600 and 640x480, i was hoping for 1280x1024.

**Vergil83** · 11-26-2005

first run

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

If you still don't get the resolution you want edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and include the resolutions you want. it will look like

Code:

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "Generic Video Card"
        Monitor         "OEC&#58;0477"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

**antidrugue** · 11-26-2005

To change the resolution, check out the file "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" (make a backup of it before doing any change!)

EDIT: the answer got here while I was typing this...

**D_underscore** · 11-26-2005

lolz again sory guys, i was still logged in as root, i the resloution figured itself out

NOW i gota figure out how to get my ntsf ( yea bad idea, but this pc WAS for windoes) partitions mounted. they dont show up in fstab? how do i go about this?

**bryansmith** · 11-26-2005

Try (as root):

Code:

mount /dev/<windows device> /where/you/want/it/mounted/to/

If that doesn't work, try:

Code:

mount -t ntfs /dev/<windows device> /where/you/want/it/mounted/to/

To have it mount at boot, use the example line from here for your /etc/fstab.

Bryan

**D_underscore** · 11-26-2005

its tell ing me that special device /dev/<windows device>/ doesnt exist.

im using /dev/hda6 (b/c thats what it mouts as when i boot into damnsmalllinux, is that correct? )

edit.. i think.. i got it..

**D_underscore** · 11-26-2005

[quote="D_underscore"]its tell ing me that special device /dev/<windows device>/ doesnt exist.

edit.

ok, so i added

Code:

/dev/hda6       /mnt/windoes    ntfs    user      0.0

to fstab, and all it did was toss a clickable icon onto the desktop named "windoes" , which wen i click on tells me that i dont have necissary permissions.

what gives?

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