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#9 Re: (Probably common) Etch upgrade woes Posted by mcortese (213.70.xx.xx) on Fri 18 May 2007 at 08:56 This definitely proves that X is actually working. So now the question is: what else do you expect? If you want a GNOME desktop, make sure you have gnome-desktop-environment installed. If you want an Xfce desktop, make sure you have xfce4 installed. For KDE, install kde. And so on. Otherwise, if you chose not to use any pre-made desktop enviroments, maybe you just need a window manager (fvwm, icewm, sawfish, metacity...) and a script in /etc/gdm/PostLogin that activates it and spawns a couple of xterms. If you tell us in which condition you are, we can advice you on how to go on...
This definitely proves that X is actually working.
So now the question is: what else do you expect? If you want a GNOME desktop, make sure you have gnome-desktop-environment installed.
If you want an Xfce desktop, make sure you have xfce4 installed.
For KDE, install kde. And so on.
Otherwise, if you chose not to use any pre-made desktop enviroments, maybe you just need a window manager (fvwm, icewm, sawfish, metacity...) and a script in /etc/gdm/PostLogin that activates it and spawns a couple of xterms.
If you tell us in which condition you are, we can advice you on how to go on...
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