X isn't running. X still isn't running. startx isn't in your path (and may not be installed). X isn't in your path (and may not be installed). As I understand it, 'startx' is usually a script that starts X and then your window manager (like afterstep). The 'afterstep' package may not depend on the 'X11' package (like in a server for many X Terminals configuration), so you may have to install it in addition to afterstep. Try running 'locate startx' or 'locate X' and use the whole path on the command line. Try to use some 'apt' related tool to see if there are any X11 related programs installed on the machine. On 'apt-get's side: Doing the job "right" means different things to different folks. Are you sure 'apt-get' does not have an option to totally delete all the files and folders related to a package (I don't know)? Do you think 'total deleting all files and folders' is a safe default behavior for a package management tool (I do not)? >>> smac at visi.com 10/06/03 12:16PM >>> *< Ranting>* ~~~ # afterstep AfterStep: can't open display # afterstep -d 0 AfterStep: can't open display # startx bash: startx: command not found # X bash: X: command not found ~~~ I know this is not a M$ installer but for Linux (any distribution) to even get close to the desktop it will need to be able to install and run _anything_ without fault. # apt-get remove afterstep It still leaves directories and files for me to manually remove, the unistall process needs to be complete. Freaking delete the files then the directory. I don't care who wrote apt-get they need to do the job right. *</Ranting>* _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list