No GUI after Debian Install?? only command line.

Just finished installing Debian Lenny on my SAMFlex without the ethernet cable installed.

All went well except there is no GUI.

Did the install with only 1 cd. Do I need to install with the ethernet cable unplugged and the 8 cd's instead of the 1 cd??

@amigadad

so what happens if you log in and type "startx" ?

@amigadad

Hang on, you installed from one CD only and no internet? Most likely you have only a base install.

Try connecting to the net and running Tasksel it should offer you options like desktop environment.

@amigadad

Have you tried this?

http://www.acube-systems.biz/download ... -1-installation-notes.txt

@broadblues

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startx not found

I did a complete install with all 8 cd discs with the ethernet cable disconnected. All went fine, and Debian boot OK, UNTIL I shut it down. When I tried to start it again, I could not get past all the text lines on boot up.

Red text on the screen.

Had no choice but Ctrl D to restart.

I am Sooooo Confused!!

@amigadad

Did you install a desktop environment? (i.e KDE, Gnome)

@RacerX

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Just did the full install with all 8 CD discs and the ethernet cable disconnected.

It took some time, but now I have a Debian Lenny Desktop!!

PS:

It is much slower than AOS 4.1

Thanks for everyones help!

@amigadad

You can install lxde to have a faster desktop.
Type:
apt-get install lxde