jaunty aspire one install no GUI

[Tony Baldwin]

Fred Roller wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 16:50 +0300, Haneef Bashir wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Tony Baldwin<photodharma at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Haneef Bashir wrote:
>>>> i just installed jaunty on my aspire one using the ulternative install
>>>> after the install was was done i rebooted and there is no gui just
>>>> text. what do i need to do to get a graphic interface?
>>>>
>>> sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop #if you want gnome
>>> sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop # if you want KDE
>>> sudo aptitude install xubuntu-desktop # for xfce
>>> sudo aptitude install lxde openbox # if you want lxde openbox
>>> sudo aptitude install ion3 # if you want the best wm
>>> (okay, ion3 is my fave & default anyway)
>>> sudo aptitude install icewm # for icewm
>>> sudo aptitude install jwm  # for joe's wm
>>> sudo aptitude install dwm dwm-tools  # for dwm
>>> sudo aptitude install xmonad  # for xmonad
>>> sudo aptitude install fluxbox
>>>
>>> etc., etc.
>>>
>>> You have many options.
>>> If you're totally new, ubuntu-desktop would be the default gnome
>>> desktop, and recommended, probably, or the kubuntu-desktop.
>>> Those will easiest for the newest of n00bs.
>>>
>> i decided to install fluxbox desktop then after the installation i
>> restarted my computer and im still not getting a GUI. it goes straight
>> into text mode. what am i missing.
>>
> 
> As an alternate option to the other great ideas try eeeubuntu:
> 
> http://www.eeebuntu.org/
> 
> I tried net remix and eeeubuntu on my aspireone of the two I prefer
> eeeubuntu.  Faster, cleaner, minimal.  It uses the gnome interface, has
> recognized wireless easily.  It comes with VERY little software pre
> installed but you have Add/Remove plus aptitude at your disposal.
> 
> 

I have an everex cloudbook that came with an oem configured install of 
hardy herron on it.
I removed gnome and installed ion3, but otherwise it's just hardy with 
some manufacturer imposed tweaks, or something.
Works pretty well.
I dig it.

/tony
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