Xserver problem.

[tnlg102]

Hi
I just finished installing Debain 3.1 on my pc. Everthing went fine but the X server wont start. I get the following error message

GDM: xserver not found :/usr/X11R6/bin/X: 0 -audit 0 -auth
/var/lib/gdm/: 0 -Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7

command could not be executed please install the X server or
edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf to point to the right place.

How do i find out if X server is installed or not. If it is not how do i install it?. Or is there some other issue. Please help me.

[mindblast]

You run, as root:
#apt-cache search xserver

after hat, install those packages about xserver, like xserver-base or something like that, by typing
#apt-get install package1 package2 ...
install xfree86 config tools too... and all refers at xfree86

[farslayer]

to see what is installed..

apt-cache policy xserver-common
apt-cache policy xserver-xfree86
apt-cache policy xserver-xorg

you will have either xfree86 or xorg but not both..

itg-debian:/etc# apt-cache policy xserver-common
xserver-common:
  Installed: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1
.
.
.
itg-debian:/etc# apt-cache policy xserver-xfree86
xserver-xfree86:
  Installed: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1

if for some reason those are not installed.. the following command should take care of it..

apt-get install xserver-xfree86

you may also want to check on gnome-core and gnome-desktop-environment

to manually install more than one package at a time just list them all in the same command ..

apt-get install gdm xserver-xfree86 gnome-desktop-environment