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how do you start the graphical interface for debian?

when i start debian it is in console mode.

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type

 

startx

 

to start the X server. To make Debian boot into X by default, edit

 

/etc/inittab

 

and change init 3 to init 5

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i alredy did dat but its not working. im runnning debian using colinux.

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With colinux, it is a bit more complicated to run a gui with debian. Per default, it isn't installed. So, you have to first install kde and some other packages. A guide to this installation can be found her http://wiki.colinux.org/cgi-bin/coLinuxASAP.

 

Note, that it is especally important not to reboot Debian after the installation. First, you have to override the default display manager with this command:

echo "null" > /etc/X11/default-display-manager

 

Perhaps it would also be a good idea to make a backup of the debian-image-file before the installation of kde.

 

 

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