Desktop doesn't load properly!!

[Reko]

-  Felipe Lopes <wiseguy at ig.com.br> [2004-04-27 03:39:57 -0300]:

> Hi there!! 
> 
> I am new to the list and I'm not sure if here is the place to send this, 
> but... 
> 
> I have debian basics (debian installer) installed on my pc... 
> Used apt-get to install x-window and the xfce4... 
>
> After installing the package xfce4, I runned startx...It seem that would 
> load ok, but the xfce4 did not load....it stopped on that gray screen... 
i believe what you have to do on debian is run xfce4_setup. It makes a
backup of .xsession and .xinitrc, and writes its own version. 

If you log in xdm after that you should have the session manager running
as well.

I usually just call startx and run without it.