<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote"></span>OK I have Debian 3.1 loaded it goes as far as the login prompt but then it will not go any further.<br> Startx will not work, it says command not found.<br> Fintan suggested I try the following:
<br></div><br>
type in su (superuser)<br>
then type<br>
<br>
apt-get update<br>
<br>
let it install what ever<br>
then type<br>
<br>
base-config<br>
<br>
Base config will prompt you to install packages -- simply check off<br>
(use your arrows and spacebar) Desktop, hit enter and go get a<br>
sandwich.<br>
<br>
You will be prompted during the install -- pretty simple stuff - just<br>
read it and make your decisions. When this process is complete you<br>
have KDE and Gnome.<br><br><br>However in practice it won't load any of the software. It goes through the motions but nothing actually gets uploaded. So no graphical desktop, I am stuck in command line. I can't think what the problem might be and the software isn't giving me any clues.
<br>It's an Inno 128Mb graphics card with the GeForce FX5200 chipset it's hardly a rare card.<br>I have a driver CD for it that runs in Windows but don't know how to get that into Linux!<br> This thing is about as user friendly as a barbed wire cushion :-)
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Andy