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Installing Debian from one CD and one DVD and loading Gnome with TASKSEL

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  Installing Debian from one CD and one DVD and loading Gnome with  TASKSEL William Lee Valentine <vsc@lobo.net> - 2016-10-13 22:20 +0200
    Re: Installing Debian from one CD and one DVD and loading Gnome with TASKSEL Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-10-13 22:30 +0200
    Re: Installing Debian from one CD and one DVD and loading Gnome with  TASKSEL "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@galactic.demon.co.uk> - 2016-10-13 22:40 +0200
    Re: Installing Debian from one CD and one DVD and loading Gnome with  TASKSEL Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-14 00:10 +0200

#173469 — Installing Debian from one CD and one DVD and loading Gnome with TASKSEL

I had only the first CD and the first DVD for the current version of
Debian with which to install Debian on one of my computers. I managed
the installation, however, and got a command prompt after booting. I
then used TASKSEL to download Gnome. This succeeded; but, on rebooting,
I still got a command prompt.

My documentation tells me to change the value of INITDEFAULT from 3 to 5
within the file INITTAB, which sits in /ETC. Debian will then boot to
Gnome, and not the command prompt.

The current version of Debian, however, does not have a file INITTAB
under /ETC. How do I get Debian to boot to Gnome, currently, and not to
a command prompt?

Thank you for your help.

-- William Lee Valentine

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#173470 — Re: Installing Debian from one CD and one DVD and loading Gnome with TASKSEL

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 02:08:03PM -0600, William Lee Valentine wrote:
> The current version of Debian, however, does not have a file INITTAB
> under /ETC. How do I get Debian to boot to Gnome, currently, and not to
> a command prompt?

Just make sure the gdm3 package is installed, and you should get the
graphical login (the technical term is "display manager").

Jessie uses systemd to control services.  It's very different from the
old sysvinit way (/etc/inittab and /etc/init.d/* and so on).  The VERY
basic version is:

systemctl start servicename
systemctl stop servicename
systemctl status servicename

There's obviously a lot more to it, but that's enough for one day.

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#173471

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 02:08:03PM -0600, William Lee Valentine wrote:
> I had only the first CD and the first DVD for the current version of
> Debian with which to install Debian on one of my computers. I managed
> the installation, however, and got a command prompt after booting. I
> then used TASKSEL to download Gnome. This succeeded; but, on rebooting,
> I still got a command prompt.
> 
> My documentation tells me to change the value of INITDEFAULT from 3 to 5
> within the file INITTAB, which sits in /ETC. Debian will then boot to
> Gnome, and not the command prompt.
> 
> The current version of Debian, however, does not have a file INITTAB
> under /ETC. How do I get Debian to boot to Gnome, currently, and not to
> a command prompt?
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> -- William Lee Valentine
> 
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> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
> https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Tasksel - you'll need Debian desktop environment AND Gnome.

That should install a few hundred packages.

At that point, it should work correctly and present you with a login manager in GDM

Hope this helps,

AndyC

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#173472

On Thu 13 Oct 2016 at 14:08:03 -0600, William Lee Valentine wrote:

> I had only the first CD and the first DVD for the current version of
> Debian with which to install Debian on one of my computers. I managed

You only need one of these. Which one did you use?

> the installation, however, and got a command prompt after booting. I

This is what you would get if you chose not to install a DE when extra
software was offered as part of the install. Looks like you deselected
the option. Is that correct?

> then used TASKSEL to download Gnome. This succeeded; but, on rebooting,
> I still got a command prompt.

What command did you use to download GNOME?

> My documentation tells me to change the value of INITDEFAULT from 3 to 5
> within the file INITTAB, which sits in /ETC. Debian will then boot to
> Gnome, and not the command prompt.

Which documentation is this? Please give its exact location on your
system.

> The current version of Debian, however, does not have a file INITTAB

Correct. The init system is systemd; systemd doesn't use inittab.

> under /ETC. How do I get Debian to boot to Gnome, currently, and not to
> a command prompt?

Answers to the queries here could help you achieve your objective.

-- 
Brian.

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