[NCLUG] Debian

[Matt Taggart]

Daniel Miles writes...

> Are there any Debian users here?

Yep, lots.

> I'm having a lot of trouble getting X installed but I'm not sure if this
> is the proper foreum for help on that.

Sure.

> When I startx it loads X (you know the gray screen thingie), changes my
> cursor from the X to the arrow thingie (I *think* that lets me know that
> it's loaded sawfish) then it gives a system beep and stops loading.

Debian questions...
What release?
Is everything installed and up to date?
Are you using any non-standard apt sources?(ximian?)

General questions...
Do you have a ~/.xsession or is it using the system default(/etc/X11/Xsession)?
What does it contain?
Check and see if it left a ~/.xsession-errors
If that doesn't help you can try commenting things out until you find what's 
causing the problem.

> Ctrl-alt-F1 shows me that it couldn't connect to something so I checked

Some things (gnome) need to be able to do a reverse lookup on your hostname 
too so make sure that's in there too.

If you still have problems post more details.

-- 
Matt Taggart
matt at lackof.org