problem Installing GUI in Ubuntu server 7.04

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On 6/6/07, Twaha Daudi <tdmlwilo at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have problem installing the gui in ubuntu server,I have tried to install
> it twice but getting the same error.
> "Failed to start the X-Server(your graphical interface).It is likely that it
> is not set up correctly.Would you like to view the x server output to
> diagnos?.x window system version 7.2.0.followed the output but didnt get the
> crue how to solve it.Iam not good in command line yet that is why I need to
> install GUI,so that I can Install Samba.Is there any other ways to install
> samba without editing the files ?
> Please any help I will appreciate.
> T

I'm not sure why you need the GUI to install Samba (sudo apt-get
install samba), but if you need the gui for some other reason, then
try:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Accept the defaults and then try starting X again. If you want all the
pieces of the GUI (essentially the set up you'd get with the desktop
version of Ubuntu), then install ubuntu-desktop:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

And if you're setting up a Samba file server, I doubt you'll entirely
avoid the need to edit /etc/samba/smb.conf. Try the "by example" guide
on the Samba site:

http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/

Good luck!

-Eamonn