getting gnome running under debian

getting gnome running under debian

[Gregory Nowak]

Hi all.

I've decided to setup gnome on my play box, mostly because I was lazy,
and didn't feel like compiling festival under slackware, and as I
hoped, there were binary festival packages already available for
debian, so I installed that.

Anyway, I seem to have everything installed (gnome and dependencies,
gnopernicus and dependencies, xfree86-common and dependencies,
ETC.). When the system starts, I'm told that gdm is being started, and
then I get my standard login prompt. Then, something like this comes
up:

missing display, cannot find console dialogue

I'm not sure if that's the exact text, since it's not on the screen for me
to cut and paste here, but it's close to what it actually says.

Could someone please enlighten me as to what I'm missing?
Thanks.

Greg


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Re: getting gnome running under debian

[Erik Heil]

Hello.  Did you by any chance start the X server?  Dounds to me like its not
started or perhaps its not configured correctly.
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From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 10:38 PM
Subject: getting gnome running under debian


> Hi all.
>
> I've decided to setup gnome on my play box, mostly because I was lazy,
> and didn't feel like compiling festival under slackware, and as I
> hoped, there were binary festival packages already available for
> debian, so I installed that.
>
> Anyway, I seem to have everything installed (gnome and dependencies,
> gnopernicus and dependencies, xfree86-common and dependencies,
> ETC.). When the system starts, I'm told that gdm is being started, and
> then I get my standard login prompt. Then, something like this comes
> up:
>
> missing display, cannot find console dialogue
>
> I'm not sure if that's the exact text, since it's not on the screen for me
> to cut and paste here, but it's close to what it actually says.
>
> Could someone please enlighten me as to what I'm missing?
> Thanks.
>
> Greg
>
>
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Re: getting gnome running under debian

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  Your X isn't working.  Check out /var/log/XFree86.0.log to find out
why.

Hope this helps.
          Kenny

On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 09:38:12PM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I've decided to setup gnome on my play box, mostly because I was lazy,
> and didn't feel like compiling festival under slackware, and as I
> hoped, there were binary festival packages already available for
> debian, so I installed that.
> 
> Anyway, I seem to have everything installed (gnome and dependencies,
> gnopernicus and dependencies, xfree86-common and dependencies,
> ETC.). When the system starts, I'm told that gdm is being started, and
> then I get my standard login prompt. Then, something like this comes
> up:
> 
> missing display, cannot find console dialogue
> 
> I'm not sure if that's the exact text, since it's not on the screen for me
> to cut and paste here, but it's close to what it actually says.
> 
> Could someone please enlighten me as to what I'm missing?
> Thanks.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
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Re: getting gnome running under debian

[Gregory Nowak]

No. There seems to be no xf86config program in debian like there is in
slackware, so I'm not sure how to get an x server setup. 
I assumed debian already did this when it configured the
xfree86-common package.


Greg


On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 12:24:56AM -0500, Erik Heil wrote:
> Hello.  Did you by any chance start the X server?  Dounds to me like its not
> started or perhaps its not configured correctly.

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Re: getting gnome running under debian

[Kenny Hitt]

No, it doesn't do it automatically.  Use
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

to set it up.

          Kenny


On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 11:51:14PM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> No. There seems to be no xf86config program in debian like there is in
> slackware, so I'm not sure how to get an x server setup. 
> I assumed debian already did this when it configured the
> xfree86-common package.
> 
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 12:24:56AM -0500, Erik Heil wrote:
> > Hello.  Did you by any chance start the X server?  Dounds to me like its not
> > started or perhaps its not configured correctly.
> 
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Re: getting gnome running under debian

[Sean McMahon]

When you talk about running gnome under debian are you using speakup or
gnopernicus to do this.  I am asking cause I want to experiment with X
applications.
Sean
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Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: getting gnome running under debian


> No, it doesn't do it automatically.  Use
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
>
> to set it up.
>
>           Kenny
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 11:51:14PM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> > No. There seems to be no xf86config program in debian like there is in
> > slackware, so I'm not sure how to get an x server setup.
> > I assumed debian already did this when it configured the
> > xfree86-common package.
> >
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 12:24:56AM -0500, Erik Heil wrote:
> > > Hello.  Did you by any chance start the X server?  Dounds to me like
its not
> > > started or perhaps its not configured correctly.
> >
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Re: getting gnome running under debian

[Gregory Nowak]

Thanks. It turned out I didn't have xserver-xfree86 and xserver-common
installed. So, I installed that, and configured xserver-xfree86 per
your instructions below. However, I still have the same problem. I've
looked at XFree86.0.log, and the end result is that the server fails
to start, but even though some things fail to open according to the
log, it looks to me like things should still start. 

Since I am not familiar with what is normal in a XFree86.0.log, could
someone please allow me to send them privately my XFree86.0.log and my
XF86config4 file, with the hope that someone could explain to me what
I'm missing, and what's going on?
Thanks.

Greg


On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 12:02:10AM -0600, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> No, it doesn't do it automatically.  Use
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> 
> to set it up.
> 
>           Kenny
> 
> 

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Re: getting gnome running under debian

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  I'm no expert on X, but send me the files and I'll try.

         Kenny

On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 11:08:59AM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> Thanks. It turned out I didn't have xserver-xfree86 and xserver-common
> installed. So, I installed that, and configured xserver-xfree86 per
> your instructions below. However, I still have the same problem. I've
> looked at XFree86.0.log, and the end result is that the server fails
> to start, but even though some things fail to open according to the
> log, it looks to me like things should still start. 
> 
> Since I am not familiar with what is normal in a XFree86.0.log, could
> someone please allow me to send them privately my XFree86.0.log and my
> XF86config4 file, with the hope that someone could explain to me what
> I'm missing, and what's going on?
> Thanks.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 12:02:10AM -0600, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> > No, it doesn't do it automatically.  Use
> > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> > 
> > to set it up.
> > 
> >           Kenny
> > 
> > 
> 
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