unminimalising

[tommytomthms5]

im switching for a differant experiance
but not by much.... from ubuntu to debian

i didnt want to downlowd/buy 14 frickin cds so i chose the minimal thinking it would come with a desktop but its just command prompt

so i thought ok easy a few atp-get install commands and ill be good so i did

apt-get install gnome
apt-get install kde
apt-get install x-window-system

BUT ITS STILL COMMAND PROMPT

its an old I386 proccesser

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

[Javasnob]

Did you try typing startx at the prompt after logging in?

[tommytomthms5]

ok i installed gdm and configured that too

im rebooting and trying that startx command now


edit: gdm = bad idea says some crap about "this is not supported at all" and is dated 03

also i get "fatal IO error 104"

[tommytomthms5]

now i dont know how half the answers to the frickin pop quiz that this script gives me

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

please help

i have no clue how to answer any of that gibberish

[Javasnob]

Well...what don't you know? I must confess; I don't anything about your hardware...

[kfizzle]

just download their dvds,
youll have all your 14 cds fit onto 2 dvds

really just need the 1st dvd, but having 2nd dvd doesnt hurt either

[kfizzle]

i think for your xfree86/xorg setup its not really hard, you just use basic settings

auto for mouse
104 key for keyboard
if you dont know your vid card then vesa will work fine
for monitor choose monitor
for the vertical(or horizontal i forget, screen after monitor size) sync i think, its safest to choose option 2 50-100 or whatever if you dont know your sync

the only thing you gotta worry about is how to setup your display settings:
choose 432 for 1024x768 default, and 800x600 and 640x480 as default modes

etc, thats really about it all there is
also gotta choose vid memory, if you dont know vid memory size or have share ram vid memory then its safest to choose 1 meg

and ya it never hurts just pressing enter it will just use default options then

[tommytomthms5]

so your saying its all about getting the perfect settings and it will all fall in place???









YAY! I DID IT

ok how is this differant from ubuntu???