[PLUG] best way to install gui on debian base system?

[Greg Helledy <gregsonh@gra-inc.com>]

I am playing around for the first time with vmware's player.
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
On a Win2K host, I have installed a debian netinstall image:
"debian31r0a-i386-netinstall-kernel2.6"

So I went through the base config routine and chose "desktop", whereupon 
it apt-got a bunch of packages but no x or window manager.

I've installed distros before but they all installed x by default; I've 
only changed drivers or added window managers.  Any tips on the best 
(i.e. easiest and most likely to produce a working result) way to do 
this?  I don't even know what video hardware I "have".

Thanks,
Greg

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