R SIG Debian - Oct 2008 - dumb debian question

Hi all!

I have installed Debian on a partition of my desktop.  When I first
installed it, I got the Debian logo, with the appropriate icons.  Now
when I go into Debian, I just get a command line.

What should I do to get to the regular screen, please?

Thanks,
Erin


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Erin Hodgess
Associate Professor
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Houston - Downtown
mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com

Hi Erin,
I am a little confused about your question.  Is it about needing to run 
R from a terminal?  Or is the question that your computer isn't booting 
in to X but just a command prompt?  If it's the former, R doesn't have a
GUI unless you install something like Rkward or you run R through emacs 
(install ess as for this).  There's other options as well.  Also, I 
don't believe that GNOME or KDE in debian will add an R menu entry, 
perhaps the debian menu does?  Anyways you can always launch R by typing 
R in a terminal.

If this isn't your question and it's about not being able to load X 
(perhaps just typing something like startx would work and examing your 
log files) then that's a different question and I didn't really answer 
it.  If your window manager or desktop manager doesn't load then you 
have some problem with X.
Cheers,
Chris

On 10/23/2008 12:36 AM, Erin Hodgess wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I have installed Debian on a partition of my desktop.  When I first
> installed it, I got the Debian logo, with the appropriate icons.  Now
> when I go into Debian, I just get a command line.
>
> What should I do to get to the regular screen, please?
>
> Thanks,
> Erin
>
>
>