I'm guessing it's a problem with the video driver. If so, try moving
xorg.conf to xorg.bak to see if it comes up OK when there is no xorg.conf
file.

tom


On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Christopher David Desjardins <
cddesjardins@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
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