13 Nov 2014
			Install Debian			Ziva
# Yesterday I installed the default GUI, Gnome 3, and it is not a good match.
# Gnome 3 problems
# - Does not seem to display everything on the resricted real estate of 
#   the netbook screen;
# - Could not get it to configure two screens at the same time, the resident
#   would go black with no way to recover it;
# - running YouTube in fullscreen mode was very slow and chunky, 
#   both audio and video;
# - It is attempting to look like a tablet, I really dislike the look and feel;
# - Launching an already open application did not launch a new window,
#   rather it took me to the already open window;


Acer Aspire netbook

16:05
Insert "Debian 7.6.0 amd64-i386-NetInstall" CD
debian installer boot menu      
				Advanced options
				Alternate desktop environments
				KDE
				Install
  language                      English
  country                       United States
  keymap                        American English
16:07
  detecting hardware
multiple network devices
  eth0: Atheros Communications AR8121/AR8113/AR814 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet
  wlan0: Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless
primary				eth0:
16:09
  hostname                      ziva
  domain name                   figment

  root password			

  Full name for user            Toby Martin
  username                      toby	

  Getting time from network timeserver
    Timezone                    Pacific

  Partition disks                               guided - use entire disk
        disk to partition                       SCSI3 (0,0,0) sda 
						- 160.0 GB ATA Toshiba MK1652GS

        scheme                                  all in one partition
         1   primary   155.8 GB B ext4    /
         5   logical     4.3 GB   swap    swap
                                                Finish and write
        write changes do disk?                  Yes
16:13
Installing base system
16:20 Configuring apt
16:21
  Configure package manager     
        mirror country          United States
        archive mirror          debian.osuosl.org
        HTTP proxy              blank
16:26
        Configuring popularity contest
                participate     yes

  Choose software to install
        Desktop environment     yes
        Web server              yes
        Print Server            no
        SQL database            no
        DNS server              no
        Files server            no
        Mail server             no
        SSH server              yes
        Laptop                  yes
        Standard system         yes
        Retrieving files ... 
16:27
17:12
        Install GRUB on MBR                             yes

        CD auto ejects ...
17:14
        Installation complete, boot new system          continue

  Booting
  boots to KDE GUI

  ### HERE

			ps aux | grep gdm
# nothing
			ps aux | grep light
root      2922  0.0  0.1  31792  3168 ?        Sl   17:02   0:00 /usr/sbin/lightdm
root      3075  9.3  0.5  21216 10760 tty7     Rs+  17:02   6:28 /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch
root      3638  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    17:24   0:00 [lightdm] <defunct>
root      3640  0.0  0.1  16252  3232 ?        Sl   17:24   0:00 lightdm --session-child 12 27

#			update-rc.d lightdm disable
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing
insserv: warning: current start runlevel(s) (empty) of script `lightdm' overrides LSB defaults (2 3 4 5).
insserv: warning: current stop runlevel(s) (0 1 2 3 4 5 6) of script `lightdm' overrides LSB defaults (0 1 6).

#			update-rc.d lightdm enable

			/sbin/reboot
# booted to command line
			startx
# launched GUI
			<cntl><alt><bakspace>
# no response