Help with Debian

Post by **ayu** » 28 Apr 2007, 06:26

I installed Debian today went pretty well until i was going to install Gnome. i installed it with apt-get install gnome..worked..BUT how do i start gnome? :S when i start the computer now it still starts in the "dos like" enviorment

Thanks in advance

Post by **bad_brain** » 28 Apr 2007, 06:28

pretty simple, you just have to start the xserver by:

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startx

Post by **ayu** » 28 Apr 2007, 06:31

bad_brain wrote:pretty simple, you just have to start the xserver by:
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startx

yeah i tried that and it told me that it doesn't exist, so i used the package manager to install xserver but didn't do the trick, only gave me an error

Post by **bad_brain** » 28 Apr 2007, 06:36

umm...you're using 3.1 sarge, right? and you have installed it from DVD as far as I know.
why haven't you picked the option to install the desktop environment?

Post by **ayu** » 28 Apr 2007, 06:37

bad_brain wrote:umm...you're using 3.1 sarge, right? and you have installed it from DVD as far as I know.
why haven't you picked the option to install the desktop environment?

i did :<

Post by **bad_brain** » 28 Apr 2007, 06:42

hmm....can't be, else xserver would be there...I guess you made the mistake to press <return> when you had to chose the packages instead of marking them with with <space> first.
so enter:

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base-config

chose "install packages" and look if the "desktop environment" option is marked with a * there. if not press <space> to mark it and then <return>.

Post by **ayu** » 28 Apr 2007, 11:39

Ok so i got it working now, but i got some errors in the start, will write those down and post later. Now i have a few new problems, nothing big :/ just that i want to get some "regular" programs started before i start experimenting with it. Programs like Mirc and stuff. I found a IRC client named BitchX, but when i start it in Terminal it litteraly starts in terminal and doesnt give me any options, it just tries to connect to some random server.

So my question is if anyone knows of any other IRC client with a GUI and that has an installation guide? or if you could tell me how to install/run it =/ .... please note that i am a complete Linux noob :<

Post by **bad_brain** » 28 Apr 2007, 12:28

uh-oh....this will be VERY hard...

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apt-get install xchat

as Debian user you can enjoy the huuuuge repositories.....so if you you're looking for software check here:
http://packages.debian.org/stable/
if you kinda know the name of the app already (or parts of it) you can use the sweet search function here:
http://www.us.debian.org/distrib/packag ... h_packages

and the installation is always done with just apt-get install appname , you don't have to worry about dependencies...they are automatically installed too. xchat for example needs as dependency xchat-common...which is automatically installed too when installing the xchat package, so always simply pick the main app you want...

Post by **ayu** » 28 Apr 2007, 12:34

Thanks b_b <3 remind me to send you a loveletter some day

Post by **bad_brain** » 28 Apr 2007, 12:49

ummmm....

1000 bucks would be ok too..

Post by **ayu** » 28 Apr 2007, 13:20

haha xD

anyway, Debian failed to mount my other disks with "pmount" so...NO MUSIC!! *panics*

Any suggestions? ^^

Post by **bad_brain** » 28 Apr 2007, 13:40

which partition on which HDD do you want to mount? (for example 2nd partition on 1st HDD)? IDE or SATA HDDs?

Post by **ayu** » 28 Apr 2007, 13:42

bad_brain wrote:which partition on which HDD do you want to mount? (for example 2nd partition on 1st HDD)? IDE or SATA HDDs?

well i have 3 harddrives

First harddrive has one partiton
1:Windows partition

Second harddrive has two partitions
1:Download
2:Linux

Third harddrive had one partition
1:Anime

i want to mount everything =/

Post by **bad_brain** » 28 Apr 2007, 14:37

well, I'll show you how to mount a drive manually first, as example the Windows partition/drive:

first move to / by

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cd /

then create a folder in which you want to access the files:

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mkdir /mnt/windows

now mount the first HDD into the folder:

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mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows

now you should be able to access the files in the folder.

as examples:
hda1 = first HDD, partition 1
hdb2 = second HDD, partition 2
hdc3 = third HDD, partition 3
and so on...
I assume you use IDE HDDs, if you use SATA ones the device names start with s instead of h, for example sda1, sdb2, sdc3...
I guess you're able to mount the other partitions now...

the folders will stay after reboot but you will have to mount the drives again when you want to access them. of course it's possible to mount the drives automatically at startup, but for the beginning it's better I think.
automounting is done by editing fstab:
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html

Post by **ayu** » 28 Apr 2007, 14:40

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