I managed to install GNOME on knoppix DVD 5.3.1 installed on HD
Unfortunately It needs a newer kernel. Still, it works, but udev gives one error, but it works.
I have written how i did for the newbies like me... This is now, maybe it will change, but you have one start...
I assume that you already have internet connection and all comands must be run as root
The libxklavier12_3.9-1_i386.deb and libgnomekbd3_2.26.0-1_i386.deb will be downloaded from debian squeeze (testing) because are missing (for now) in unstable i386
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Code:
vi /etc/apt/sources.list
and comment all lines except unstable ones
Code:
vi /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig
and modify default desktop-in gnome (from kde)
with kuser make knoppix user member of netdev (or use command line) (to be able to use network-manager)
reboot
You have gnome now, but not 2.28
Then i removed the packages that stopped the installation in my previously attempts (with an error) when dpkg tryed to remove them.
Code:
apt-get remove python-wxgtk2.* python-vtk python-wxversion pioneers*  libqt4-dev libquantlib-0.8.1 emacs* konqueror*
Update
Code:
apt-get update
Then I installed some packages that also stopped the installation with an error on my previous attempts when dpkg tryed to install them.
Code:
apt-get install libcucul0 libsasl2-2 libauthen-sasl-perl libjack-dev libquantlib-0.9.7 bogofilter
Then i started to install gnome and his dependencies
Code:
apt-get install dpkg
apt-get install libgnomekbd-common
apt-get install libgtk2.0-0
Now download and install the missing "testing" packages from squeeze.
Code:
cd /home/knoppix/Desktop/
wget http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/pool...3.9-1_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/pool...6.0-1_i386.deb
dpkg -i libxklavier12_3.9-1_i386.deb
dpkg -i libgnomekbd3_2.26.0-1_i386.deb
Install the rest...
Code:
apt-get install gnome-screensaver
apt-get install xorg
apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-all
apt-get install gnome
Change default windowmanager and sesionmanager
Code:
update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
and choose metacity
Code:
update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
and choose gnome-session (auto)
Then I made some modification because some programs not worked (network-manager)
Code:
sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor
Then make network-manager able to manage your connections
Code:
vi /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
and change
Code:
[ifupdown]
managed=true
(optional)
Restart it with
Code:
sudo killall nm-system-settings
Reboot
Now it supposed to work